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Article #1129Re: DSP chips are dinosaurs
From: Stephen A. Davis
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:18
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:18
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In article <1992Sep30.203344.10597@pixar.com> Bruce@Pixar.com (Bruce Perens) writes: > 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 Interesting point since the NeXT was the _first_ modern workstation to incorporate a DSP. But as long as NeXT is using some version of the 680X0 architecture, a DSP is a great benefit for real-time processing of any kind. Especially since mach/unix is _not_ a real-time friendly OS. stephen -- sadman@ccrma.stanford.edu The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) *** NeXT mail okay ***
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!news From: sadman@cccrma.Stanford.EDU (Stephen A. Davis) Subject: Re: DSP chips are dinosaurs Message-ID: <1992Sep30.231818.26069@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Reply-To: sadman@ccrma.Stanford.EDU (Stephen A. Davis) Organization: DSO, Stanford University References: <1992Sep30.203344.10597@pixar.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 23:18:18 GMT Lines: 17