EDN

DSP system design, part 1: The basic laws

Part 2 shows how to choose the right hardware and software architectures, and how to choose an RTOS. This two-part series examines the principles that guide successful DSP system design. As we will ...
EDN

Real-Time Operating Systems for DSP, part 1

Modern DSP applications must respond quickly to many external events, be able to prioritize processing, and perform many tasks at once. These complex applications are also changing rapidly over time, ...
Electronic Design

Novel Architectures Pack Multiple DSP Cores On-Chip (Part 1)

Multicore DSPs now target packet-voice media gateways that require hundreds of channels per chip. Traditional programmable DSPs are running out of juice when it comes to tackling forthcoming 3G ...
Design-Reuse

Using the ARM Cortex-R4 for DSP, part 1: Benchmarks

Part 2 describes the optimization techniques BDTI used for implementing DSP algorithms on the Cortex-R4. It will be published Monday, November 26. For more analysis of ARM cores, see Can the ARM11 ...
Design-Reuse

Using the ARM Cortex-R4 for DSP, part 2: Software optimization

BDTI explains how to work with the Cortex-R4's pipeline, instruction set, and SIMD capabilities to optimize its performance. Part 1 explains the DSP features of the Cortex-R4 and shows how the ...
Electronic Design

Novel Architectures Pack Multiple DSP Cores On-Chip (Part 2)

Multicore DSPs now target packet-voice media gateways that require hundreds of channels per chip. Part 1 of this article, which also appears in the print version of ...