Re: SHARC
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, vic plichota wrote:
> >I'd beg to differ. I wrote a Forth for the ADSP2181, the SHARC's
> >16 bit sibling, and it was really, really fast. The '2181 at
> >33 MHz runs Forth about as fast as an 8 MHz RTX2001.
>
>
> That's why I got excited, but but I still say that the SHARC req's
> verrry fussy optimizing.
>
Fair enough. My experience is with the fixed point architecture.
The floating point version is similar, but I'll take your word
that it's messy.
>
> >And I was generating 640x350 monochrome video at the same time.
>
> Bravo! I just *love* it when I am proven wrong -- If it doesn't
> violate any trade-secrets, please post the code to me -- my previous
> SHARC design had it coupled to a TMS 34020...
>
>
> cheers - vic
>
>
I sent the pixel data out the DSP's serial port... no extra
chips required!
-Dave
