Concluding Remarks

• Conventional digital signal processors

  • High performance vs. power consumption/cost/volume
  • Excel at one-dimensional processing
  • Per cycle: 1 16x16 MAC & 4 16-bit RISC instructions

• TMS320C6x VLIW DSP

  • High performance vs. cost/volume
  • Excel at multidimensional signal processing
  • Per cycle: 2 16x16 MACs & 4 32-bit RISC instructions

• Native Signal Processing

  • Available on desktop computers
  • Excels at graphics
  • Per cycle: 2 8x16 MACs OR 8 8-bit RISC instructions

• In-line assembly code for best performance

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