Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: DSP board in Personal Iris Message-ID: Date: 19 Nov 90 17:38:16 GMT References: <90Nov15.174103edt.292@neuron.ai.toronto.edu> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Distribution: na Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: ssfels@ai.toronto.edu's message of 15 Nov 90 22:41:21 GMT >>>>> On 15 Nov 90 22:41:21 GMT, ssfels@ai.toronto.edu (Sidney Fels) said: > Hello, > I am trying to find a way to get speech from formant values in real-time. > My plan is to have a formant to speech synthesizer on a DSP board. > Has anyone plugged a DSP board into the VME(6U) slot in the PI? > If so, which one? How well did it work? Were there any complications? > Does DMA work at all? How much did it cost? > Thanks. Depending on the cost of a third-party DSP board, you may want to consider upgrading your PI to the new 4D/35, which not only gives you an on-board DSP, but much faster performance as well. m. -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "But while a husband is out hunting wolves and collecting pelts, there's more for his mate to do than mind the cubs and tidy up the den." --Nina Fischer, "How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead" part of the Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women