PARTICLEREDDY (STRAYDOG) wrote:> On Feb 29, 9:16 pm, Jerry Avins <j...@ieee.org> wrote: >> Steve Underwood wrote: >>> PARTICLEREDDY (STRAYDOG) wrote: >>>> On Feb 29, 2:12 am, "jjlind...@hotmail.com" <jjlind...@hotmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hello, has anyone heard what will be the next DSP to surpass the Tiger >>>>> Sharc from ADI? >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> joe >>>> just joking..i will be find out and let u know.. >>>> could be bluewhale or dolphin processors >>>> just a joke..plz dont take it serious >>> Aren't those a bit mammalian for an ADI DSP name? >>> The Blackfin is a kind of catfish. Maybe they should choose a kind of >>> dogfish next. >> They've been there and done that, sort of. A dogfish is a small shark.The dogfish is a shark much loved in British fish and chip shops. :-)>> Jerry >> -- >> Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. >> ����������������������������������������������������������������������� > > i had tough time with blackfinn. In particular when compared to Using > Ti's c64x or c67x, its quite tough when debugging Using visual dsp.... > Using Ti's processors with CCS is like heaven and getting back to > blackfinn.is quite tough.. As vladimir pointed out, they ran out of > money and time designing this processor, however the point to remember > is ADI is concentrating on "other" business a little more..i guess.. > if you look at the ADI'S 9353 wimax rf transceiver, theirs is the > first in market..having great guys like maxim-dalals, Ti, infineon, > freescale and many others in the field..they came out with that > product first..I suspect they hit a road block when Intel abandoned the Blackfin work, after getting their butt kicked in the cellular market. ADI recently sold much of their wireless business. They don't seem to have been doing awfully well in that area. Maybe if WiMax achieves some success it could be a chance for them to recover lost ground. Steve
After the Tiger Sharc what's next?
Started by ●February 28, 2008
Reply by ●February 29, 20082008-02-29
Reply by ●February 29, 20082008-02-29
>>> just joking..i will be find out and let u know.. >>> >>> could be bluewhale or dolphin processors >>> >>> just a joke..plz dont take it serious >>> >> >>Aren't those a bit mammalian for an ADI DSP name? >> >>The Blackfin is a kind of catfish. Maybe they should choose a kind of >>dogfish next.There is a Blackfin Shark (as well as Tuna). So I don't think ADI was thinking catfish..... Al Clark Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
Reply by ●February 29, 20082008-02-29
Al Clark wrote:>>>> just joking..i will be find out and let u know.. >>>> >>>> could be bluewhale or dolphin processors >>>> >>>> just a joke..plz dont take it serious >>>> >>> Aren't those a bit mammalian for an ADI DSP name? >>> >>> The Blackfin is a kind of catfish. Maybe they should choose a kind of >>> dogfish next. > > There is a Blackfin Shark (as well as Tuna). > > So I don't think ADI was thinking catfish.....Gee, you're supposed to be the ADI saleman around here. Even Wikipedia can help you here. :-) Catfish and dogfish are actually sharks. Catfish are mostly freshwater. The blackfin shark is one of the few catfish which can tolerate brackish water. Steve
Reply by ●February 29, 20082008-02-29
Steve Underwood wrote:> Al Clark wrote: >>>>> just joking..i will be find out and let u know.. >>>>> >>>>> could be bluewhale or dolphin processors >>>>> >>>>> just a joke..plz dont take it serious >>>>> >>>> Aren't those a bit mammalian for an ADI DSP name? >>>> >>>> The Blackfin is a kind of catfish. Maybe they should choose a kind >>>> of dogfish next. >> >> There is a Blackfin Shark (as well as Tuna). >> >> So I don't think ADI was thinking catfish..... > > Gee, you're supposed to be the ADI saleman around here. Even Wikipedia > can help you here. :-) > > Catfish and dogfish are actually sharks. Catfish are mostly freshwater. > The blackfin shark is one of the few catfish which can tolerate brackish > water.I guess the significance of that might need pointing out to those who have not encountered the ADI Blackfin. The Blackfin core was designed to be a pretty good general purpose MCU core and a pretty good DSP core at the same time. Its the first substantially successful attempt at achieving that. I've never seen a statement that this was the basis of the name choice, but I assume a shark that can stand both fresh and salt water seemed appropriate. Steve
Reply by ●March 1, 20082008-03-01
Steve Underwood <steveu@dis.org> wrote in news:fqaco0$fbr$1@nnews.pacific.net.hk:> Al Clark wrote: >>>>> just joking..i will be find out and let u know.. >>>>> >>>>> could be bluewhale or dolphin processors >>>>> >>>>> just a joke..plz dont take it serious >>>>> >>>> Aren't those a bit mammalian for an ADI DSP name? >>>> >>>> The Blackfin is a kind of catfish. Maybe they should choose a kind >>>> of dogfish next. >> >> There is a Blackfin Shark (as well as Tuna). >> >> So I don't think ADI was thinking catfish..... > > Gee, you're supposed to be the ADI saleman around here. Even Wikipedia > can help you here. :-)We have a new Blackfin and Sharc flash programmer that I wanted to call "remora" I thought this was a lot better name than "suckerfish" Alas, Bittware beat us to it with an FPGA mezzanine card for their TigerSharc boards. --- How's that for shameless commerce> > Catfish and dogfish are actually sharks. Catfish are mostly > freshwater. The blackfin shark is one of the few catfish which can > tolerate brackish water.Being from Minnesota, I have caught both catfish and dogfish. I never heard either was some kind of shark. I'm not even sure what we call a dogfish (bowfin) is the same fish that you're referring to. Al Clark Danville Signal Processing "ADI board designer, manufacturer and salesman"
Reply by ●March 3, 20082008-03-03
"Al Clark" <aclark@danvillesignal.com> wrote in message> We have a new Blackfin and Sharc flash programmer that I wanted to call > "remora" I thought this was a lot better name than "suckerfish" > > Alas, Bittware beat us to it with an FPGA mezzanine card for their > TigerSharc boards. > > --- How's that for shameless commerceActually that was a re-use of the name. The first BittWare Remora product was an add-on memory module for SHARCs, but since it was already obsolete and it was such a great name, we re-used it for the FPGA module. We also had another old add-on memory module called Chum. I'm not sure I'd call it shameless (2 drink minimum not required), but the SHARC brand made naming our products easy, as they were all types of sharks. Snaggletooth, Blacktip, Whitetip, and Hammerhead were popular, while others, like Megamouth and Goblin never saw the light of day. A naming battle I lost was calling an 8 channel audio I/O (analog and digital) module Octapus. And I really wished the plural form was OctapAES, as it supported it. I had not heard about the dual ability of the Blackfin being thought about in terms of its name - perhaps, but we just figured they wanted to draw on the SHARC's popularity, even though it is not a SHARC. ----------- Ron Huizen BittWare
Reply by ●March 3, 20082008-03-03
Intel Atom is beginning to look interesting. How are TI's floating point DSPs compared to TigerSHARC? My experience with ADI DSPs is somewhat dated. I wish TI processors had those link ports. On Feb 28, 1:12 pm, "jjlind...@hotmail.com" <jjlind...@hotmail.com> wrote:> Hello, has anyone heard what will be the next DSP to surpass the Tiger > Sharc from ADI? > > Thanks, > joe
Reply by ●March 3, 20082008-03-03
UglanceIcatch wrote:> Intel Atom is beginning to look interesting.Isn't Atom the name for their new low power notebook chipset?> How are TI's floating point DSPs compared to TigerSHARC? My experience > with ADI DSPs is somewhat dated. I wish TI processors had those link > ports. > > On Feb 28, 1:12 pm, "jjlind...@hotmail.com" <jjlind...@hotmail.com> > wrote: >> Hello, has anyone heard what will be the next DSP to surpass the Tiger >> Sharc from ADI?Steve
Reply by ●March 4, 20082008-03-04
Yes, it is. I read that its power consumption is in 0.6 to 2 watt range depending on the operating conditions. This may pose some threat to traditional floating point DSPs. I know that in Medical Imaging industry several big players have stopped using traditional DSPs for back-end processing. Only TI seems to address broad market needs better than any other DSP vendor. They have been continuously improving their fixed point line bringing 64x+ core into several of their offerings. Their new OMAP application processor looks a lot like a DaVinci. I haven't looked into this much. One of my colleagues' dream is that some day all real-time signal processing code will be written in Matlab. (Too bad, Mathworks is not a public company ;)) On Mar 3, 6:40 pm, Steve Underwood <ste...@dis.org> wrote:> UglanceIcatch wrote: > > Intel Atom is beginning to look interesting. > > Isn't Atom the name for their new low power notebook chipset? > > > How are TI's floating point DSPs compared to TigerSHARC? My experience > > with ADI DSPs is somewhat dated. I wish TI processors had those link > > ports. > > > On Feb 28, 1:12 pm, "jjlind...@hotmail.com" <jjlind...@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > >> Hello, has anyone heard what will be the next DSP to surpass the Tiger > >> Sharc from ADI? > > Steve
Reply by ●March 4, 20082008-03-04
UglanceIcatch wrote:> Yes, it is. I read that its power consumption is in 0.6 to 2 wattIts 0.6 to 2W for a relatively slow device. I don't see what makes that interesting against a dedicated DSP chip.> range depending on the operating conditions. This may pose some threat > to traditional floating point DSPs. I know that in Medical Imaging > industry several big players have stopped using traditional DSPs for > back-end processing.Medical imaging is Ease of development sensitive Not too power or cost sensitive Not too space sensitive With the floating point capabilities of a current Pentium, basing all image processing on either FPGA solutions or Pentium/Athlon off the shelf boards makes perfect sense. I don't see things like base stations going that way any time soon.> Only TI seems to address broad market needs better than any other DSP > vendor. They have been continuously improving their fixed point line > bringing 64x+ core into several of their offerings. Their new OMAP > application processor looks a lot like a DaVinci.The new OMAP emphasises a fast Cortex applications processor. The DaVinci emphasises the DSP power for things like video. I'm not sure I see too much common ground there.> I haven't looked into this much. One of my colleagues' dream is that > some day all real-time signal processing code will be written in > Matlab. (Too bad, Mathworks is not a public company ;))I wonder if that is the day when all innovation will cease in the world of signal processing? :-) Steve
