| DSP A
special-purpose microprocessor designed to handle signal-processing
applications very quickly. DSPs are used in several classes of computer
hardware, including sound cards, modems, telephony boards that handle
sound and modem functions and hardware that handles audio and video
compression in real time. When peripheral makers tout their DSP-based
hardware, they're usually referring to chips from Analog Devices or IBM/TI
that can be reprogrammed with microcode. |