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Accession Number:
ADP002621
Title:
The Impact of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) on Signal Processing,
Corporate Author:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINA DEL REY INFORMATION SCIENCES INST
Report Date:
1983-01-01
Abstract:
Many modern applications, such as signal processing and real-time simulation, require large amounts of computation. This poses a dilemma General-purpose computers are too costly for real-time applications, and special-purpose hardware is not flexible enough for research and development work. Traditionally, Peripheral Array Processor PAP provide a cost-effective compromise that combines the best of both worlds large amounts of computation performed at a very high rate, at a reasonable cost, and without loss of generality or programmability. Therefore, throughout this note PAPs are used as the baseline for the discussion of signal processing engines. With the rapid advance of VLSI technology new alternatives have emerged, such as the so-called signal processor on a chip and numerous special purpose processing devices. An interesting question is, are the new VLSI devices about to do to the conventional signal processors what microprocessors and PAPs did to mainframes Author
Supplementary Note:
This article is from 'Proceedings of USC (University of Southern California) Workshop on VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) & Modern Signal Processing, held at Los Angeles, California on 1-3 November 1982,' AD-A136 855, p153-156.
Pages:
0004
Contract Number:
MDA903-81-C-0335
File Size:
0.00MB
