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- > I just read that there is new development tools available for the DSP 56000.
- > There are C/C++ compilers, assemblers with pipeline optimizations ans source
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- I think pipeline optimisations will be very difficult to perform for a processor
- with absolutely no pipeline variance whatsoever. The pipe is hardwired and cannot
- actually be optimised for in any useful way. The only equivalent optimisation
- available is to ensure parallel moves do not attempt to reference the same bus
- several times in the same instruction - or risk waitstates. There are 4 data busses
- so this is not usually a problem. So long as you use assembly that is....
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- As for c compilers - they do exist (I have a copy of micro-c), but are definitely
- not recommended if you want to do anything vaguely DSP-like. They do not suit the
- processor's parallel capabilities at all.
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- Also, your 32k memory will disappear in no time flat with compiled code....
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- Doug.
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