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Technology Stocks : ADI: The SHARCs are circling!
ADI 225.25-3.0%Nov 20 3:59 PM EST

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To: Bob Trocchi who wrote (2502)11/27/2000 7:59:50 AM
From: Jim Oravetz  Read Replies (2) of 2882
 
DSPs for next-generation cell phones balance performance and power

DSP vendors are fighting the battle on several fronts for high-performance, low-power operation and offering scalable architectures and optimized instruction sets. But the industry still requires better tools...

...Vendors are also meeting performance and power requirements by improving the DSP's software side. Among the first things needed to make software "less of an issue," says Analog's Grant, is to optimize instruction sets for the algorithm that communication systems use. (Although Analog Devices and Intel have embarked on a joint DSP-development project, neither company offers details of the deal, except to say that a progress report is forthcoming.)....snip

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ADI's chipset (block diagram) for cell phones shown here:

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Jim
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