Re: "Are DSP Chips Obsolete?" (was re: Alpha fft performance)

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From: Marcus J Ranum
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:53

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>The paper ignores the issue of cost, power consumption, and weight.
>Cellular phones are going digital.  These require real time speech
>compression algorithms in a unit small enough to be hand-held and
>run for hours on battery power.

	I have this great mental image of a cellular phone with the
blades of an Alpha chip-radiator sticking out from the back...  The
battery pack'd be a bitch to lug around with you - I guess you could
use a little hand-truck or something.

mjr.

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