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- From: plate@cdsmn.mn.org (Doug Plate)
- Subject: Re: PC VS ST
- Message-ID: <C17pJr.CoC@cdsmn.mn.org>
- Organization: Dicomed, Inc.
- References: <OKES.93Jan15162519@SunLab40.essex.ac.uk> <1993Jan19.005142.13777@bsu-ucs> <73872@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:23:50 GMT
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- In article <73872@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
- >Matt (01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu) writes:
- >>From what some here say, your compiler may be very useful, and interesting t
- >>play wait, on the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) chip. It soundslike it's a
- >>pretty handy little chip.
- >
- >Except that the DSP chip has its own instruction set, its own
- >compiler, and its own set of intended applications.
- >
- >It can't do general purpose processing, it's not a "math
- >coprocessor", and it can't do anything to aid most programs.
- >
- [...]
- >
- >BobR
-
- The DSP (any DSP) can certainly be used as a "math coprocessor", of sorts,
- and it can do many things to aid all sorts of programs. It's just another
- CPU, albeit specialized. Just like any CPU, it will do exactly what it's
- told. In the PC based (i486) workstations we make here, we have a RISC
- blitting the graphics, and a 4 DSP coprocessor helping with math intensive
- operations. It's the... may I say - clever - programming of these ancilliary
- processors that sets our product apart (far apart!) from similar packages
- running on stock PC's.
-
- Just for the record, I'm not one of the "PC's suck eggs' crowd. I just
- didn't agree with your statements.
-
- Regards,
- Doug Plate
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