DSP chips are dinosaurs

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From: Bruce Perens
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:33

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Well, they may still have some purpose for real-time sound manipulation,
but it is _so_ hard to justify a DSP when the main processor can process
signals faster! That's why the NeXT is the last of the modern workstations
to incorporate them.
					Bruce

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