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To: pat mudge who wrote (4037)	9/28/1998 8:46:00 PM
From: Danny Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6180

Home Headlines Careers Columns IP Watch Posted: 3:00 p.m., EDT, 9/28/98 TI adds C54X DSPs at the high and low end By Stephan Ohr HOUSTON — The latest additions to Texas Instruments Inc.'s popular TMS320C5000 series of DSPs take advantage of the compact structures made possible by 0.18-micron CMOS processing. In one case, that results in the C5420, a dual-processor core for space-constrained telecommunications applications. In another case, it produces the C5402, a 100-Mips device that sells for less than $5. TI product manager Mark Mattson said the popularity of the C54X core at cellular-phone suppliers Nokia and Ericsson has made the C5000 one of the most popular DSP architectures. Mattson said that the C5402 offers twice the performance, at half the power consumption, of other leading low-cost phone DSP cores. Because of its low power consumption, the TI C5402 can be powered from rechargeable batteries. It targets handheld and consumer-electronics applications, including digital still cameras; new-generation PDAs with paging and voice recognition; handheld scanners; and space-constrained applications like PCMCIA card modems. The device has a power-saving 1.8-V core (though it uses 3.3 V at its pins), said Mark Tiernan, the C5000 marketing manager. In a home environment, TI believes the C5402 will support Dolby sound decoding (both Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro-Logic). The high-end addition to the C5000 processor line is a dual-core DSP, the C5420. It includes two complete DSPs (with MACs and ALUs) each producing 100 Mips (200 Mips total). There are 200 kwords of SRAM on-chip, along with 12 channels of DMA. The device includes six of what TI calls "McBSP," a multichannel buffered serial port. This supports T1/E1 and other specialized telephony interfaces. The device specifically targets multichannel applications like telephone line cards in cellular basestations and central-office switching facilities. Home Headlines Careers Columns IP Watch All material on this site Copyright © 1998 CMP Media Inc. All rights reserved.

To: pat mudge who wrote (4037)	9/28/1998 9:17:00 PM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6180

Hi Pat, Yes I am still around hopelessly waiting for the market to realize the significance of the revolution that is "soon to begin" for the last two years. The world to come through DSP's, ADSL, and system-on-a-chip semiconductors remains my fascination but the market says "ho-hum" and their value has found their place in the clearance section of "Gimbels bargain basement" -- and Gimbels is now gone. Diamonds for the price of glass. I'm buying. Since January the world seems only concerned about human frailties in high places to the exclusion of all other cultural, scientific and social activities. None-the-less, I am patient. Baseball has made a comeback, and so shall ADSL. As far as availability of the new TI chip: Pricing and Availability For the 'C5420, samples are scheduled for availability in the fourth quarter of 1998 with production volumes expected in the second quarter of 1999. Samples of the 'C5402 are scheduled for availability in the first quarter of 1999 while volume production quantities are expected during the second quarter of 1999. In quantities of 50K, suggested resale pricing for the 'C5402 is $5.00 each and $55.00 each for the 'C5420. Both devices will be available from TI and its authorized distributors. I always enjoy your visionary posts, All the best, Michael