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Multicore DSPs support high definition audio standards.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:19:04 -0500

Supporting DTS-HD Master Audio(TM) and High Resolution Audio(TM), Symphony(TM) multicore DSP56720 and DSP56721 DSPs have two 24-bit DSP56300 cores with 48-bit double precision capability to handle advanced post processing and decoding on same chip. With 248 K x 24-bit words of integrated memory and plug-and-play software architecture, DSPs integrate S/PDIF transceiver and 10-channel asynchronous sample rate converter. Model DSP56720 also features external memory controller.

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DSP-Optimized FPGA has reconfigurable architecture.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:39:13 -0500

With up to 528 GMACs of multiply-and-accumulate performance and 190+ GFLOPS of single-precision, floating-point DSP performance, Virtex®-5 SX240T helps meet computational demands of broadcast advanced video processing algorithms. This 65 nm device incorporates 1,056, 25 bit x 18 bit DSP48E slices that can be combined to implement scalable signal processing chains using dedicated routing resources. Over 18 Mb of block RAM and 24 high-speed GTP serial transceivers are also included.

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DPCSS upgrades SAW-based radars.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:45:38 -0500

Model CI BM7xx digital pulse compression sub-system (DPCSS) comes with chirp generator (transmitter) and compressor (receiver) modules at intermediate frequency (IF). Combining FPGAs for signal processing and analog I/O for IF of SAW, signal processor is self-consistent, and needs only dc supply voltage for operation. All pulse compression parameters such as center frequency, bandwidth, time dispersion, modulation law, and weighting function are programmable.

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Reference Platform optimizes PHS base station processing.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:30:42 -0500

Reference platform for next-generation Personal Handy-phone System (PHS) base station equipment consists of MPC8548 PowerQUICC(TM) communications processor and programmable multi-core MSC8144 DSP. Solution provides flexible baseband processing for control and physical layers. Based on StarCore® DSP technology, MSC8144 DSP embeds 4 multiple-issue 1 GHz StarCore® DSP cores and integrates 10.5 MB DSP memory, security coprocessor, RISC engines, and high-speed networking interfaces.

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Search for suppliers of: Telephone Systems | Radio Systems | Communications Processors | Wireless Communication Systems

Real-Time Signal Controllers feature 768 Kb flash capacity.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:44:47 -0500

With ability to control up to 4 individual motors simultaneously, XE166 family integrates MCU that combines 16-bit C166 core for peripheral control with computing power of DSP. Operating at 80 MHz and one cycle per instruction, units deliver 80 MIPS. Controllers include embedded voltage regulator, various clock sources, brown-out detection, watchdog as well as 2 synchronizable A/D converters with 24-channels, 10-bit resolution, and conversion time of less than 1.2 µsec.

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Serial Transceiver includes equalizer technology.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:30:13 -0500

Leveraging DSP technology, BCM8706 10GbE PHY device enables IT professionals to preserve existing multi-mode and single-mode fiber infrastructures by providing upgrade path from 1 to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. DSP equalizer provides optimal performance over 300 m of multi-mode fiber. In support of SFP+ optical module standard, BCM8706 incorporates multi-tap transmit pre-emphasis to compensate for FR-4 board material loss in line card applications.

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Evaluation Board helps develop audio and video applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:10:29 -0500

SurfRider/AMC-EVM(TM) enables user to design, debug, and experiment with TI's digital signal processors (DSPs)and network interfaces from desktop, utilizing same resource board for all stages in developmenet cycle. Product includes SurfRider/AMC, fully integrated RoHS-compliant AMC DSP resource board along with SurfDocker(TM) modular plug-in, and 2 TI TMS320C6412 DSPs. SurfRider/AMC supports PICMG® SFP I-TDM protocol over Gigabit Ethernet for transporting audio, video, fax, and modem traffic.

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Digital Signal Controllers feature 32-bit wide data path.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:43:18 -0500

Suited for industrial control applications, DSP-based TMS320F280xx controllers feature mixed 16/32-bit instruction set and processor-intensive, sensorless vector control. Models TMS320F28015/16 offer 12 KB RAM and 32 KB Flash, while TMS320F2801-60/02-60 offer 12 KB RAM and 32 or 64 KB Flash, respectively. Each provides complete control system capabilities and 60 MHz performance. Depending on device, communication interfaces include CAN, I2C, UART, and SPI ports.

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Digital Signal Controller is based on 32-bit core.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:41:44 -0500

Targeting multi-channel point-of-load applications, Model TMS320F28044 manages up to 16 dc/dc converter channels using single programmable controller with 100 MIPS of DSP performance. It implements up to 16 channels of HRPWM technology, each with 150 ps resolution and is based on fully programmable TMS320C28x(TM) 32-bit DSP core. Controller includes 12-bit ADC, 128 KB flash memory, and multiple communication ports with support for PMBus(TM) interface.

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Receive Signal Chain Demo Kit simplifies ultrasound designs.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:43:55 -0500

Providing 8-channel analog receive signal chain, Model TUS5000 evaluation module is designed to interface four 2-channel VCA2615 variable gain amplifiers with 8-channel ADS5272 serialized LVDS-output analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for rapid prototyping in beam-forming applications. Integrated ADC and amplifier offer noise performance at 71.1 dBFS signal-to-noise ratio and 0.7 nV/rtHz respectively, while CDCM7005 clock synchronizer and jitter cleaner provides 65 MHz clock to ADC.

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DSCs and MCUs have security features for protecting IP.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:05:47 -0500

Supplied as 16-bit devices, dsPIC® digital signal controllers (DSCs) and PIC24H microcontrollers (MCUs) allow multiple parties in collaborative system design to share memory, interrupts, and peripherals of single chip without compromising their intellectual property (IP). CodeGuard(TM) security lets OEMs divide and share 3 segments of on-chip memory with tiered levels of access. Features also enable secure field upgrades of product firmware.

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Gateway combines voice, data, and networking for DSL users.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:11:48 -0500

Motorola Home Hub HH1620 DSL VoIP Wireless Gateway includes 802.11 b/g wireless access point, four-port router, USB 2.0 Host Connection, and USB 1.1 slave connection. Connection is maintained during ADSL signal loss or power outage with PSTN fail-over protection. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based VoIP adapter allows HH1620 to run wired and wireless home networks and power standard telephones with VoIP service.

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VoIP SoC is suited for residential applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:12:32 -0500

DSP-based TNETV1061 provides complete software and silicon solution, anchored by dual-processor architecture, suited for simultaneous voice processing and data traffic under heavy-load conditions. It integrates Telogy Software(TM) for VoIP with strength of DSPs for real-time signal processing. Along with security features such as Secure RTP and SIP TLS, solution supports voice and network protocols, call features, XML-based configuration, and remote management.

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Digital Signal Controllers offer up to 256 Kb flash memory.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:06:10 -0500

Series TMS320C28x and TMS320F28x devices offer 150 psec resolution PWM technology that provides 16 bits of accuracy in 100 KHz control loop and 12 bits at 1.5 MHz. Devices feature 32-bit wide data path and mixed 16-/32-bit instruction set. Control system capabilities range from signal input through on-chip ADC, QEP, and timer captures and compares through signal output with up to 16 independent PWM channels. Communication interfaces include multiple CAN, I2C, UART, and SPI ports.

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Development Platform helps build portable multimedia devices.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:20:47 -0500

Mobile-Media2000(TM) offers hardware platform, optimized multimedia codecs, and application firmware that integrates video, audio, voice, and imaging into single solution. CEVA-XS1200 hardware platform integrates X1620 DSP core with peripherals, system interfaces, memories, and interconnections, including 3D DMA engine, power management unit, and 4 TDM ports, as well as providing 64 KB of L1 data memory, 64 KB of L1 program memory and 2 blocks of 128 KB each of unified L2 memory.

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Spectrometer IP Core suits radio astronomy applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 13 May 2005 07:58:18 -0500

Spectrometer IP core for FPGA enables development of wideband spectral analysis systems. Based on HyperSpeed Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) technology, core takes 1 GHz sampled signal at its input and converts it to frequency power spectrum using digital band filter and 16K-point FFT in continuous real-time. This process enables 400 MHz bandwidth of radio spectrum with passband ripple of 0.001 dB to be analyzed with frequency resolution of 30.5 kHz.

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VoIP Solutions facilitate voice-enabled product development.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:43:29 -0500

Z.Voice(TM) solutions provide time-efficient way to voice-enable products, and include licensable ZSP® processor cores, DSP products, industry-compliant vocoders, bundled silicone/software packages, and reference designs. Products enable multi-channel VoIP solutions that support range of 2-32 channels of VoIP. Z.Voice-729 Bundle provides take-to-market G.729, G.729A/B, multi-channel VoIP solution, including DSP processors and software.

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FFT Cores optimize silicon efficiency.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:57:07 -0500

Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) cores use fixed-point arithmetic and have been developed using parallel mixed-radix architecture. Products, offered in HyperSpeed FFT and HyperLength FFT designs, provide silicon efficient implementations of FFT algorithm for spectral analysis. They support sample rates to 3.2 GHz and transform lengths up to 256 M-points running in continuous real-time, depending on model. All units are factory configured to user specifications.

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Digital Signal Processor suits math-intensive applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:47:01 -0500

APE2 adaptive-datapath DSP core allows development of data engines for ASICs in wireless, audio, and control applications. VLIW architecture has parallel structure with processing modules such as single-cycle MACs and ALUs connected to common data routing bus. Ready-to-use circuit configurations include: sin/cos/tan/arcsin/arccos and arctan calculation; vector magnitude; ratios and reciprocals; coordinate transforms; and square root, exponents and logarithms.

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Digital Signal Controllers offer 150 MIPS DSP performance.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 08:22:53 -0500

Models TMS320R2811 and R2812 contain 20 K words of on-chip SRAM, allowing developers to add unlimited amount of external memory to design via SPI port. They integrate multi-channel, 12-bit ADC to measure system parameters and responses. Additional control and communication peripherals include SCI, SPI and McBSP, PWM, QEP, CAP, and timers as well as CAN 2.0B interface. Units are suited for industrial, automotive, sensing, flow metering, and e-metering applications.

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