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TE 4 Computer multimedia: NSP versus DSP
Moderator: Mehdi Hatamian, Silicon Design Experts, Morganville, NJ
Organizer: Wanda Gass, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
The multimedia functions, that are becoming a standard part of personal computers and workstations, are mostly handled by Digital Signal Processors (DSP). The increasing speed, complexity and computational power of the latest general purpose processors make it possible for the host to provide some of the multimedia functions (Native Signal Processing). Are multimedia add-in cards a thing of the past? Can host processors handle the real-time nature of video processing, the most demanding of all multimedia functions? Which architecture will be most cost-effective?
Panel: Mike Farmwald, Chromatics Research, Mountain View, CA
Gene A. Frantz, Texas Instruments, Houston, TX
Matt Perry, Advanced Micro Devices,. Austin, TX
Toyohiko Yoshida, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Hyogo, Japan
David Schuler, Intel Corp. , Hillsboro, OR
Bill Veghte, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA
Rob Woudsma, Philips Research Labs, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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