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From: todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day)
Newsgroups: comp.dsp
Subject: Re: Processor choice & Thanks
Message-ID: <1990Oct19.102716.8564@ivucsb.sba.ca.us>
Date: 19 Oct 90 10:27:16 GMT
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bointon@kcl-cs.UUCP (Marcus Barnaby Bointon) writes:

%I am faced with the question of which processor to use for my final year DSP
%board. I seem to have narrowed the choice to TMS320x0 or MC56000 series.

Well, I've used the TMS32010 and the DSP 56001.  This is not really a fair
comparison, since the 32010 is clearly a first generation chip, and the
56001 is probably third or fourth.  Anyway, I hated using the 32010.  If
you must use TI, use one of their later generation chip.  I found the
command structure very difficult to use (it would make you write inefficient
code).

%Would I benefit in using the 56k as I
%have a 68k background?

Yes, most definitely.  This is one of the things I like about the chip.
I really enjoy programming all of Motorola's line, from the 6800 series
to the 68000 series to the 56000.

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