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To: John Donahoe who wrote (3083)	2/16/1998 3:09:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6180

TI news: <<< -TEXAS INSTRUMENTS: New TI development technology provides window into real-time TMS320 DSP systems Presswire - February 16, 1998 14:39 M2 PRESSWIRE-16 February 1998-TEXAS INSTRUMENTS: New TI development technology provides window into real-time TMS320 DSP systems (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Texas Instruments(NYSE: TXN) (TI) announced today its new Real-Time Data Exchange (RTDX) capability, which -- for the first time in the digital signal processing (DSP) industry -- enables system developers to transfer data between the host computer and DSP devices without stopping their target applications in order to evaluate results in a customized display. RTDX is an innovative analysis technology that further extends TI's leadership DSP solutions and design support by providing continuous insight into how target applications run in the real world. TI will incorporate RTDX into development tools for a broad range of its TMS320 DSPs, enhancing the speed and accuracy of DSP application debugging and saving developers valuable time to market for their products. "TI's RTDX elevates real-time debugging to the next level. To use a medical analogy, this advance is like the ability to continuously monitor patients' vital signs in changing conditions -- a much more powerful diagnosis tool than measuring this critical information at intervals," said Mike Hames, TI Semiconductor Group vice president and worldwide manager for DSPs. "Using RTDX, DSP designers will diagnose their systems as they run with continuous feedback instead of interrupting applications for snapshot data." This continuous window into the world of TMS320 DSP applications -- such as telecommunications, mass storage and digital control systems -- equips customers with essential development building blocks to increase ease of use, productivity and time to market. TI also expects its third parties to utilize the RTDX capability as a foundation for their products, freeing them to focus on creating application-specific development tools. TI is adding the significant value and powerful functionality of this technology at no additional cost to users by providing RTDX as a standard capability of many future TMS320 DSP development tools. TI's RTDX enables visualization via an easy-to-use object linking and embedding (OLE) application program interface (API) that easily connects to industry-standard, third party application-specific or customer-developed visualization packages. For example, designers may select an application development software package, such as National Instruments' LabVIEW, or they might choose other software like Quinn-Curtis' Real-Time Graphics Tools, a spreadsheet program or software developed by their own company. RTDX communicates between the host computer and the target DSP using an emulator and a very small procedural library. This internal data exchange library makes use of a scan-based emulator to move data on and off chip via the IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) serial test bus. The emulation logic built into TI DSP cores allows the host to transmit data to and receive it from the DSP without interrupting the target application. This enables designers to continuously monitor TMS320 DSP applications with virtually no performance penalty and without the use of additional hardware in-circuit emulation (ICE) structures. Initial RTDX implementations will result in data exchange rates of at least 8 kilobytes per second, sufficient for running control, servo and audio applications at full speed. Future TI DSPs will feature RTDX bandwidth increases of ten times or more. RTDX support is being incorporated as a standard capability in many future DSP development tools. RTDX support in TMS320C54x development tools is expected to be available in mid-1998, with support of other leading TMS320 DSPs in 1998 and beyond. For more information about RTDX and TI's development tools, please visit ti.com. RTDX is a trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated. >>>

To: John Donahoe who wrote (3083)	2/16/1998 9:53:00 PM
From: robert w fain	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6180

Who is making money in Dram?? That may be why they are getting out.They have a plan to maximize stock holder equity and make 20% net profit.TI did not grow just because of "nifty" designs they are a Malcom Baldridge award winner,Demming award winner,ISO Certified world class manufacturer of semiconductors. Some postings on this thread have indicated that good old TI had some great ideas but could not make them well-------not the case !!!They can make stuff with the best ---they are just beginning to focus their resources on a smaller # of products.I am sure you know that prominent leaders of several World Class companies got their manufacturing training at TI--Compaq--British Telecom---Motorola ---NSM---Casio--and so on.