"Randy Yates" wrote in message
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Andre Yew wrote:
"Rusty Boudreaux" wrote in message
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However, your argument using general processors is not
valid. In the realm of DSPs and ASICs this level of
processing
power is certainly achievable at modest cost.

Not true.

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In any case, at over $300 a pop, they aren't cheap. I agree,
Rusty is
wrong - this level of processing is currently not available at
modest cost.

Yep, mea culpa. I wasn't paying attention I read million, not
billion.

Our ASICs do upwards of 20 million 32-bit MACs at a fraction of
the cost of a comparable DSP solution. However, these ASICs are
specialized for the communications equipment market and probably
not directly comparable to a higher feature set DSP.