What Third Parties Say About TI's TMS320C67x and TMS320C62x DSPs
"3L Parallel C's multi-tasking features will allow users to move an application, unchanged, from up to 10 current-generation floating-point DSP chips to a single, much faster 'C67x -- reducing costs and board area. Parallel C's multi-processor strengths enable a smooth progression to tomorrow's very large scale DSP applications that will require several 'C67x parts working together."
Peter Robertson, Managing Director
3L Ltd.
"Ariel recognizes that high-density remote access server (RAS) solutions for NT-based PC servers will soon require not only modems and line interfaces, but also ADSL, video, voice and more. The floating-point 'C67x addition to the 'C6x DSP family offers compatible migration to higher performance and faster time-to-market. This compatibility and the excellent tool set, VelociTI™ advanced VLIW architecture, and expansive network of developers are an important component to Ariel's success in the fast-paced networking market."
John Lynch, Chief Technology Officer
Ariel Corporation
"Texas Instruments' code-compatible fixed- and floating-point DSP architecture is the breakthrough in providing tools needed to make fast time-to-market products a reality. TI's 'C67x and roadmap for floating-point DSP designers moving to more performance lays down the leadership gauntlet for the rest of the DSP industry. Coreco can charge ahead utilizing today's easy-to-use 'C6x tools for high-performance DSP and image processing application development. We feel comfortable knowing that time and money spent on the current projects can be leveraged in the future designs."
Marino Jelavic, Product Manager for DSP, Software Development Manager
Coreco, Inc.
"TI has resolved the dilemma faced by developers that floating-point DSP code development is faster while fixed-point DSPs are typically more cost effective. Given code and architecture compatibility within the 'C6x family, TI's 'C67x floating-point CPU enables DSP Research to begin developing solutions today. Designers can address compressed time-to-market schedules by developing hardware and software solutions. Then, if they feel cost reduction pressures, developers can easily move designs to the 'C62x family."
Jason Macres, VP Marketing
DSP Research, Inc.
"Texas Instruments' DSP solutions leadership extends with the introduction of the 'C67x -- the first floating-point DSP that is fully code-compatible with its fixed-point counterpart, the 'C62x. DSP Software Engineering's unique investment in fixed- and floating-point telecomm algorithms enables the rapid implementation of 'C6x-based solutions using previously field-tested designs. This is possible because of the code and tool compatibility TI designed into the 'C6x family, providing DSPSE a head start in developing next-generation floating-point DSP software for telecommunications and multimedia applications."
Joe Della Morte, President
DSP Software Engineering, Inc.
"Eonic Systems is glad to see Texas Instruments move ahead with the supercomputing floating-point 'C67x DSP. The unified 'C6x architecture will lead to later derivates that Eonic Systems will support with our Virtuoso RTOS. We already support the fixed-point 'C6201 with context switch times less than 100 nanoseconds, matching the Giga-Ops, with our new Virtuoso v.4.0 SoftStealth product. Leveraging this experience and the unified 'C6x architecture, we look forward to helping our 'C3x and 'C4x customers in need of more processing power move to the 'C67x in the near future."
Eric Verhulst, President
Eonic Systems
"Immediately. That's how fast DSP designers can start development and use the Code Composer IDE on the new 'C67x DSP. Since this is the first DSP chip family with fully code-compatible fixed- and floating-point DSP architectures, designers have an unprecedented time-to-market advantage. They can use Code Composer for both architectures, even before the floating-point silicon is available. GO DSP will continue to provide leading-edge, innovative tools to allow DSP engineers to exploit all the resources of the powerful 'C67x architecture."
Greg Da Silva, President and CEO
GO DSP Corporation
"By introducing the floating-point 'C67x as a fully code-compatible member of the fixed- and floating-point 'C6x family, Texas Instruments allows Hunt Engineering to offer multiprocessor system solutions to all application areas. Our toolbox already has 'C62x fixed-point products, now we can offer the order of magnitude performance increase to customers with floating-point-intensive applications like image processing."
Pete Warnes, Technical Director
Hunt Engineering
"We believe that the 'C67x announcement is a turning point for the DSP industry. For the first time, developers are being offered a single high-performance architecture with both fixed- and floating-point derivatives. This will mark a paradigm shift in development strategy, and combined with the raw performance available, opens up a whole new range of applications to floating-point."
Rob Shaddock, Chief Technology Office
Loughborough Sound Images
"The breakthrough floating-point performance of the 'C67x opens up incredible possibilities for DSP applications. By offering ten times current floating-point devices and future availability of 'C67x devices at military temperatures, TI helps companies like Mizar drive a wide variety of next-generation applications."
Keith Burgess, Vice President of Advanced Technology
Mizar, Inc.
"With the announcement of the new 1 GFLOPS 'C67x DSP core to complement its 1600 MIPS 'C62x core, TI not only breaks all performance records, but also becomes the first DSP supplier to offer a compatible architecture for fixed- and floating-point processors. Pentek is harnessing the power and compatibility of TI's 'C6x family through the development of communications and data acquisition system components."
Rodger Hosking, Vice President
Pentek, Inc.
"RadiSys is providing high-performance 'C62x solutions for its OEM customers. Now, with the introduction of Texas Instruments' 'C67x fully code-compatible floating-point chip, RadiSys as well as RadiSys' OEM customers can leverage the extensive hardware, software and algorithm solutions across multiple applications and optimally trade off price, power and performance along with a long-life migration strategy."
Yogendra Jain, General Manager, DSP Division
RadiSys Corporation
"The 'C67x is an ideal fit for customers seeking phenomenal floating-point performance that is easy to use and speeds time to market. The code and tool compatibility with the fixed-point 'C62x coupled with third party software solutions makes development possible from the start. SPOX's versatile DSP-optimized multi-tasking facilities, make an ideal tandem for high-end multi-processor, multi-channel applications like radar, imaging and telecommunications. DSP developers now have the edge in creating applications and bringing them into the marketplace with unprecedented speed."
Charles House, General Manager
Spectron
"TI has once again demonstrated its worldwide dominance of the DSP solutions marketplace by introducing the 'C67x at 10X today's floating-point performance. Spectrum will leverage the experience it has gained in the development of its high-performance 'C62x products to bring Spectrum's 'C67x-based product line to market quickly. Spectrum's 'C67x system solutions will address the performance-hungry needs of remote sensing markets."
Barry Jinks, President and CEO
Spectrum Signal Processing
"When we founded Sundance Multiprocessor Technology, Ltd., in 1989, the ultimate aim was to build a high-performance, flexible and relative low-cost SuperComputer with up to 1 GFLOPS of raw-processing power. We designed a scaleable concept with up to 256 state-of-the-art processors. If somebody had told me that ten years later Sundance would be shipping a single processor with the 'magic' 1 GFLOPS, I would have laughed! The new challenge is to provide a building block for the 10+ GFLOPS, and Sundance will launch such a system in 1999 with the help of the TMS320C67x floating-point DSP."
Flemming Christensen, Director
Sundance Multiprocessor Technology, Ltd.
"In conjunction with Texas Instruments' announcement of the world's most powerful floating-point DSP architecture at 1 GFLOPS, Transtech is actively developing state-of-the-art, board-level solutions for industrial and military customers."
Andy Stevens, General Manager
Transtech Parallel Systems Corporation
"Once again, TI has shown its leadership in DSP, providing a high-performance floating-point 'C67x DSP core compatible with its fixed-point 'C62x counterpart -- White Mountain DSP will support these new DSPs across its entire development tool line."
Peter Siy, President
White Mountain DSP, Inc.
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