Signal Processing Applications
Low-cost embedded systems
- Modems, cellular telephones, disk drives, printers
High-throughput applications
- Halftoning, base stations, 3-D sonar, tomography
PC based multimedia
- Compression/decompression of audio, graphics, video
Embedded processor requirements
- Inexpensive with small area and volume
- Deterministic interrupt service routine latency
- Low power: ~50 mW (TMS320C54x uses 0.36 mA/MIP)