Fwd: DSP Insite for November 14, 2001

Thu, 15 Nov 2001 01:49:56 -0500

Gang,

A couple of interesting snips...

Paul

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November 14, 2001

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DSP New Products
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4. Soft PHY

DSP technology continues to move closer to the wire or antenna,
displacing mixed-signal chips in the physical layer (PHY) of networks. 
http://article.E-Insite.net/UM/T.ASP?A5.45.1425.10.680810068 

5. Alchemy, Media Excel Demo Real-Time MPEG-4 Video Streaming

Alchemy Semiconductor tapped specialized software from Media Excel to
serve as an integral part of the company's recent road show for
demonstrating full-frame MPEG-4 encoding technology to editors and
analysts. The demonstrations were run on Alchemy's 400-MHz, 0.5-Watt
processor chip, which scales from 266 MHz to 500 MHz with on-chip memory
controllers and Internet access peripherals.
http://article.E-Insite.net/UM/T.ASP?A5.45.1425.11.680810068 

You can download an evaluation copy of the MPEG-4 encoder, plus watch
streaming video clips at the company's web site:
http://article.E-Insite.net/UM/T.ASP?A5.45.1425.12.680810068 
8. Software-Defined Radio Brings Shortwaves To PCs

Due to the heightened worldwide interest in developments relating to
Operation Enduring Freedom, shortwave radio listening activity is higher
than it has been in years. Dxtra has developed PC software that allows
will allow computer operators to use their existing PC to control an
inexpensive "black box" shortwave radio from Ten-Tec called the RX-320. 
http://article.E-Insite.net/UM/T.ASP?A5.45.1425.15.680810068 

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