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DSP solutions from third parties

New DSPs invigorate digital set-top boxes

TI delivers customizable digital wireless baseband platform

Third Parties pilot DSP Solutions into the mainstream

New x2 modem chip sets speed OEM production

Chip set supports FLEX messaging

New link-layer added to 1394 product family

PCI bus-to-cardbus controller complies with PC97 guidelines

TI announces family of Universal Serial Bus interface chips

First self-calibrating precision dual op amp

16-bit analog interface to DSP Solutions

Third Parties pilot DSP Solutions into the mainstream

Today, DSP design ideas aren 't hot. They 're scorching. New DSP applications are showing up in telecom, video imaging, computers, industrial equipment, consumer electronics -- everywhere you look. It 's no wonder that the DSP market is projected to grow at 40 percent each year into the next decade, according to market researcher Forward Concepts. P> New ideas in this market have fueled tremendous opportunities -- and tremendous competition. As a system developer, you need all the help you can get to turn ideas into innovations quickly and at a affordable cost. In a word, you need solutions, like those provided by TI 's DSP Third Parties.

Third Parties provide key technology to the marketplace, helping designers save time, risk and cost. Third Parties pull together not only standard software algorithms, but also real-time operating systems, tools, mixed-signal devices and other key components into complete system-level DSP Solutions that can help launch mainstream designs. With nearly 45 percent of the world 's DSP market, plus recognized leadership in DSP and mixed-signal technology and support, Texas Instruments offers unique advantages to its Third Parties. They, in turn, offer the widest base of DSP application support in the industry, including in-depth support for standards in telecommunications, industrial, automotive, computer and other applications. TI customers can take advantage of the ideas and expertise of more than 250 Third Parties worldwide to keep up to date on the latest application developments in DSP technology.

The following pages tell success stories about designs based on Third Party enhancements of TMS320 DSPs. These examples are widespread in both market areas and geography, showing the pervasiveness of TI DSPs and DSP Third Parties in mainstream applications. Digital signal processing is truly causing a revolution in solving the computational demands of tomorrow -- and TI, together with its Third Party allies, are leading that revolution with DSP Solutions.