DSPs

Jim Dixon writes:

The Motorola DSP96002 does an integer multiply in 2 or 3 clocks, so a 33 MHz device does 11 million multiplies (and moves) a second. The chip costs about $50.

The 96002 is a floating point part. Last time I checked it cost several hundred dollars. I suspect that you were refering to the 56001/2 family (which does cost something like $50).