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- From: mjr@TIS.COM (Marcus J Ranum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.dsp
- Subject: Re: "Are DSP Chips Obsolete?" (was re: Alpha fft performance)
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- Date: 8 Jan 93 20:53:09 GMT
- References: <1992Dec31.164221.27734@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <1993Jan5.134034.22043@ircam.fr> <1iknq6$6vt@agate.berkeley.edu>
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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.
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- 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.
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- mjr.
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