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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
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- > 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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- Don't blame me, I just wrote what it said... maybe it's possible for the other chips
- in the 56xxx family. The tools were for all kinds of different 56xxxx.
-
- > 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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- But it would still be better than nothing and would let some more people use
- the DSP. I bet that the DSP could be used to something usefull insteed of just
- sitting there doing nothing.
-
- Is this 'micro-c' pd or shareware? Where can I get it?
-
- > Also, your 32k memory will disappear in no time flat with compiled code....
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- That's true and that's why someone should make a DSP memory expander!
-
- //Magnus Kollberg
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