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From: golds@fjc.GOV (Rich Goldschmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.dsp
Subject: Re: Processor choice & Thanks
Message-ID: <348@fjcp60.GOV>
Date: 30 Oct 90 13:30:28 GMT
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> Your large address space requirement rules out the MC56000 series unless
> you use paging techniques (yech!).   The 56000 only has a 64K word address 
> space.   I believe that you will have to go to the 96000 or the TMS320C30 
> generation to go beyond 64K words of program space.
> Mark Stambaugh
> stambaug@hpspkla.hp.com

I have been considering using the 96000 as a fast floating point coprocessor
for some general purpose computing which is floating point intensive.  Does
this make sense, and does the compiler support the needs of general purpose 
computing with standard libraries, including I/O (like printf and file 
access) and math functions?  Any suggestions on sources for coprocessor
boards and alternatives to the 96000 for general floating point?  Thanks.


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