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To: Michael F. Donadio who wrote (9663)	3/10/1998 10:41:00 PM
From: Daniel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

> I was wondering if you can answer a question I also asked Jim > Wilkinson but have not yet received an answer. Is the transceiver > chip Motorola is announcing different from the one expected? They > are talking about a general purpose DSP: > << Designed to offer high performance, long reach and the > lowest power implementation available in a general purpose > embedded DSP architecture (DSP56300), Motorola's CopperGold > leapfrogs existing ADSL solutions.>> > I thought the Motorola chip was to be an ASIC. Wouldn't a general > purpose DSP be somewhat similar to TI/Amati solution? I simply may > misunderstand the nature of the chips involved. Do you have a > clearer understanding? Because of the word "embedded," it sounds like it's a general-purpose DSP core (functional block within a chip) within an ASIC; that is, some application-specific hardware designed around a standard DSP core, all on one chip. Daniel