Lady Ada writes:
The ideal phone might be based on CPU's, RAM, and DSP's, with no DES chips or anything like that.
Have you seen the prices of used original NeXT equipment lately, or just the prices of single system boards from back in the 68030 era?
Anyway, why do you need a DSP? I have read in several places that DSP's are going to be "replaced" by the CPU as time goes on and the CPUs just get more and more powerful.
Phil
This seems like a strange comment since DSP's are general purpose processors that are optimized for a certain range of price/performance. Actually, I've been seeing hints that most systems will start augmenting the main processor with DSP's to solve the realtime / multiprocessing problem. Zyxel modems have 2 DSP's + a 68000. I've been reading up on them recently... sdw -- Stephen D. Williams Local Internet Gateway Co.; SDW Systems 513 496-5223APager LIG dev./sales Internet: sdw@lig.net OO R&D Source Dist. By Horse: 2464 Rosina Dr., Miamisburg, OH 45342-6430 Comm. Consulting ICBM: 39 34N 85 15W I love it when a plan comes together Newbie Notice: (Surfer's know the score...) I speak for LIGCo., CCI, myself, and no one else, regardless of where it is convenient to post from or thru.