- DSP16xxx - StarPro -
The DSP16xx family from Lucent Technologies (now the Agere Systems) are 16-bit fixed-point DSPs. The joint development effort with Motorola results in its newest member - a StarCore DSP.
The DSP16xxx family (DSP16210 and DSP16410) can be used in many areas, for example, the DSP16410 is targeted to wireless voice and data standards including third-generation (3G).
StarPro 2000, the first product of the portfolio, based on the joint development of StarCore, offers high voice and data channel density for wireless and Internet networks. It targets the infrastructure applications such as wireline VoIP gateways, remote access servers, wireless mobile switching centers, and radio network controllers.
- ADSP-21xx - ADSP-2106x - ADSP-2116x - ADSP-219x - TigerSHARC -
The ADSP-21xx is the first generation of ADI DSP introduced in 1986. The ADSP-21xx family DSPs are based on 16-bit fixed-point architecture with 24-bit instruction word. The ADSP-2106x is also called SHARC. This is a family of 32-bit floating-point DSPs with 48-bit instruciton word.
All DSPs in the ADSP-2100 family share the same base architecture and algebraic assembly language.
The SHARC family is aided at military, audio, voice recognition, image applications that require floating-point DSPs.
The Analog Devices' TigerSHARC targets on DSP applications in the telecommunications infrastructure like new server modems, wireless base-stations, and smart antennas and so on.
- DSP563xx - DSP568xx - DSP56800E
- MSC810x (StarCore SC140) -
Motorola DSP563xx Family is the second generation of Motorola's 24-bit fixed-point DSP. Its architecture is very similar to the first generation DSP560xx DSPs. The DSP568xx family is 16-bit fixed-point DSP. The StarCore is the newest member of the Motorola DSP introduced in 2000.
One area that Motorola DSP563xx focuses on is the consumer audio products, such as audio/video receivers, automotive sound systems, Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) and digital television audio systems. Another area is the wireless communication infrastructure.
The MSC810x targets applications requiring very high performance, very large amounts of on-chip memory, and such networking capabilities as: Third-generation (3G) wideband wireless infrastructure systems, IP Telephony systems, Multi-channel modem banks, Multi-channel xDSL.
The NEC mPD7701x is 16-bit DSP family with 32-bit instruction word. The newer generation APD77019 is also a16-bit data and 32-bit instruction set DSPs.
The APD7701x can be used for designs such as those found in digital cellular telephones, fax/modems, and handheld and portable applications.
The Philips TriMedia family TM1000, TM1100, and TM1300 are media processors based on VLIW technologies. It belongs to the floating-point DSP category.
TriMedia DSP is ideal for multimedia tasks such as MPEG-2 video, Digital Video Disc (DVD), Dolby Digital AC-3 audio, H.32x video telephony, real-time 3D graphics, and communications.
- TMS320C2xxx - TMS320C3x - TMS320C54xx
- TMS320C55xx - TMS320C62xx - TMS320C64xx - TMS320C67xx -
Texas Instruments has many DSP families. The TMS320C2xx is a family of 16-bit fixed-point DSPs introduced in 1995. The TMS320C3x is the first generation of 32-bit floating-point DSP introduced in 1988. The TMS320C54x is the most popular 16-bit fixed-point DSP in the mid of 1990s. The newest 16-bit fixed-point DSP is the TMS320C55x introduced in 2000. It is source code compatible with TMS320C54x but it provides variable instruction length. The TMS320C62xx is the first generation of DSPs that can operate at a rate over 1000 MIPs. Different from other DSP from TI, the TMS320C6xxx DSPs are VLIW (very long instruction word) processors like RISC machine. It can operate on 16, 32, or 40 bits fixed-point data. The TMS320C64x is the second generation of the TMS320C6xxx family. The TMS320C67xx has added floating-point processing capability to the TMS320C6xx VLIW instruction set.
TMS320C2xxx line of DSP solutions are focusing on digital control using DSPs such as, automobile, industrial automation, power conversion systems, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, etc.
The TMS320C5000™ DSP platform (TMS320C54xx and TMS320C55xx) provides the optimal combination of high performance, peripheral options, small packaging and the power-efficient performance in today's Internet and wireless communications markets. With a roadmap to power consumption as low as 0.9V and 0.05 mW/MIPS and performance up to 800 MIPS, the C5000 DSP platform is optimized for personal and portable products like digital music players, 3G cell phones, and digital cameras as well as MIPS-intensive voice and data applications.
The C6000 DSP platform (TMS320C62xx, TMS320C64xx, and TMS320C67xx) provides a software compatible range of fixed- and floating-point DSPs.
The Z89C00 is a second generation, fixed-point 16-bit, DSP by Zilog. The Z893x3 16/24-Bit architecture accommodates advanced signal processing algorithms.
The Z893X3 DSp can be used to implement compression, filtering, frequency detection, audio, voice detection, speech synthesis, and other vital algorithms.
