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- DSP
- (1) Digital Signal Processor A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and...
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- SynthMaker (zip)
- SynthMaker is the ultimate sound synthesiser. Create your own instruments and effects to use in your music or to share with others. Learn about and experiment with sound synthesis and digital signal processing techniques. The sound engine employs one-sample-at-a-time processing throughout allowing you to create single sample feedback paths essential...
- Tags: DSP, Engine, SynthMaker
- Software downloads 2007-12-11
- Sell magic
- Sell magicWrong again, MurphWe're buying AMD64 machines for two reasons:1) They run the software that we need for our business2) At over $100K/cpu license, the [b]last[/b] thin we need is massively parallel at lower per/cpu performance.Power6 would be better for (2) but runs up against (1). SPARC (which until...
- Tags: Processors, DSP, Cell, CPU, software, processor, Sun Sparc, game
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- djDecks (exe)
- Mix mp3, ogg, wma, flac and wav files easily with djDecks. djDecks has various dsp effects, such as a 3-band equalizer, advanced looping and echo (with low and hi-pass cutoff filters), automatic beat detection, flanger, gapper, normalizer and a spectrum analyzer per channel. It's also possible to use external VST...
- Tags: DSP, Audio Card, djDecks
- Software downloads 2006-10-02
- Intel sells off DSP division Dialogic
- Intel sells off DSP division DialogicIntel becoming a lean mean CPU company?Every step that Intel has been taking in these last few months has been to become a smaller and more agressive company. Before they were becoming big and bulky, but I don't know if that will continue at...
- Tags: Dialogic, Intel Corp., DSP, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-10
- Intel sells off DSP division Dialogic
- August 9, 2006, Intel announced that it would sell off its DSP Digital Signal Processing media and signal processing business known as the Dialogic division to Eicon Networks which Intel had originally acquired Dialogic back in 1999. This comes on the heals of Intel's sale of the ARM processor...
- Tags: DSP, Intel Corp., Dialogic
- Blog posts 2006-08-10
- RTrWare Player (zip)
- Lossless player designed for large (20K) CD collections with optional digital signal processing DSP to improve playback sampling rate accuracy, bandwidth, imaging, and sound stage. High-speed rip (1-3 minutes per CD) supports zero length inter-track gaps for opera and similar genre. Full database editing and search for genre, CD title,...
- Tags: DSP, CD, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2006-03-29
- 2.8 bln DSPs to ship by year-end 2009
- One of the fastest-growing components employed in systems, Digital Signal Processors DSPs, with worldwide unit shipments estimated at 1.5 bln units in 2004, will grow to approximately 2.8 bln units by the end of 2009, reports In-Stat. Floating point DSPs are expected to lead revenue increases over the next five...
- Tags: Processors, DSP
- Blog posts 2006-03-09
- Development of an OFDM Based High Speed Wireless LAN Platform Using the TI C6x DSP
- Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing COFDM is currently specified in all three of the world's 5 GHz wireless LAN standards (Hiperlan/2, IEEE 802.11a and MMAC HiSWANa). This technology was chosen due to its robustness at high data rates in a frequency selective multipath channel. Each standard operates using adaptive sub-band...
- Tags: LAN, DSP, WLAN, Texas Instruments Inc., OFDM, Wireless LANs, Wireless
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Audio Converter (exe)
- Audio Converter is a powerful audio conversion tool. It can batch convert audio files from one format to another. It supports format include WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, RAW, VOX, CCIUT u-Law, PCM, MPC, MP2, ADPCM, CCUIT A-LAW, AIFC, DSP, GSM, CCUIT G721, CCUIT G723, CCUIT G726. Main features include support...
- Tags: DSP, WMA, WAV, MP3, GSM, Audio Converter, Audio File, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2006-02-24
- Why the 1GB iPod won't do video; RIP shuffle?
- In a suprise Tuesday announcement Apple released a 1GB version of their popular iPod nano (US$149) that will hold up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos. At the same time Apple dropped the price of the iPod shuffle to US$69 and US$99 for the 512MB and 1GB models respectively. If...
- Tags: Apple iPod, video
- Blog posts 2006-02-08
- General purpose DSP market down 2% in 2005
- The market for general-purpose digital signal processor DSP chips dipped 2% in 2005 to the $7.6 bln level because of a severe drop in the China cellular market in the first half of 2005. According to Forward Concepts, that market will resume growth to a healthier 15% level in 2006,...
- Tags: digital signal processor
- Blog posts 2006-02-07
- Increase Bandwidth in Medical & Industrial Applications With FPGA Co-Processors
- Programmable Logic Devices PLDs have long been used as primary and co-processors in telecommunications. Digital Signal Processing DSP in medical and industrial applications often has fundamental differences from the typical telecommunication application. In telecommunications, the input data are commonly audio data rates with strict timing constraints such as completing the...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Altera Corp., DSP, Coprocessor, FPGA, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Magic VC7ToVC6 (exe)
- Magic VC7ToVC6 can automatically convert Visual C++ 7.x projects back to Visual C++ 6.0 projects. In other words, .sln, .dsw or .vcproj .dsp . Important note, there is no loss during the conversion: source code is left unchanged; only .dsw / .dsp are created or overwritten.
- Tags: DSP, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2006-01-31
- ACT: A Low Power VLIW Cluster Coprocessor for DSP Applications
- The ACT Adaptive Cellular Telephony coprocessor architecture is described and analyzed using a set of widely used DSP algorithms. Performance and power are compared to equivalent implementations on ASIC and embedded processor platforms. Flexibility is achieved by fine-grain program control of communication and execution resources. Compression techniques, simple addressing modes...
- Tags: DSP, Coprocessor, VLIW, Flexibility, University Of Utah, ASICs, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-01-20
- LOOK (ZIP)
- LOOK is a PC program for signal analysis and graphical display. It also performs some digital signal processing functions and can save the results to a disk file. Input is from data files stored on disk or signals generated within the program. Free for personal or educational use. Capability includes...
- Tags: Disk, DSP, Capability
- Software downloads 2005-12-30
- FPGAs for High-Performance DSP Applications
- This white paper compares the performance of DSP applications in Altera FPGAs with popular DSP processors as well as competitive FPGA offerings. With higher performance, you can easily time-division-multiplex your DSP design to increase the number of processing channels, reducing the overall cost of your system. The performance comparisons in...
- Tags: Altera Corp., DSP, Performance, High-performance, FPGA, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2005-05-13
- Top DSP vendors: Texas Instruments, Freescale, Agere, Analog Devices
- Top five DSP vendors in 2004, according to Forward Concepts, were: Texas Instruments, 49.7%; Freescale, 12.9%; Agere Systems, 9.8%; Analog Devices, 7.7%; and Philips, 6.8%. The principal driver for the DSP sales was the wireless communications market, which made up 71.5% of the DSP market up from 68% in 2003....
- Tags: DSP
- Blog posts 2005-02-25
- Top DSP vendors: Texas Instruments, Freescale, Agere, Analog Devices
- Top five DSP vendors in 2004, according to Forward Concepts, were: Texas Instruments, 49.7%; Freescale, 12.9%; Agere Systems, 9.8%; Analog Devices, 7.7%; and Philips, 6.8%. The principal driver for the DSP sales was the wireless communications market, which made up 71.5% of the DSP market up from 68% in 2003....
- Tags: DSP
- Blog posts 2005-02-25
- DSP sales to bring $7.9 bln in 2004
- The DSP market was $6.1 bln in 2003. This market is projected to grow by 28.2% to $7.9 bln in 2004, 6.9% to $8.4 bln in 2005, 15% to $9.7 bln in 2006, and by 24% to $12 bln in 2007.
- Tags: DSP
- Blog posts 2004-11-05
- Telecom Wireless: Super Integrated DSP Engine for 3G Basestations
- This is part of a set of projects for a world leading IDM independent device manufacturer, aiming at developing chipsets for UMTS base station equipment. The goal of this project was to design an SoC platform for data processing in the inner modem of a 3G base station. The system...
- Tags: UMTS, Base Station, DSP, Customer, 3G, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking
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BNET Industries
- DSP Group
- DSP Group is a fabless semiconductor company engaged in providing chipsets to original equipment and design manufacturers for incorporation into consumer products for the short-range...
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