[sci.electronics] Fast FFT Chip

herman@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John W. Herman) (10/23/90)

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I saw an ad for a chip or chip set that professed to be able to
perform a fixed point or block floating point FFT in 96 microsecond
but now I can't find it.  If you know the name of the company that
makes this chip or chipset, I would appreciate your sending it to
me.  Thank you.
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John Herman    ARPA:  herman@marlin.nosc.mil  Phome: (619)553-1466
Naval Ocean System Center Code 712
271 Catalina Blvd
San Diego, Ca. 92512-5000 

bwhite@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bill White) (10/24/90)

In article <1642@marlin.NOSC.MIL> herman@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (John W. Herman) writes:

>I saw an ad for a chip or chip set that professed to be able to
>perform a fixed point or block floating point FFT in 96 microsecond
>but now I can't find it.  If you know the name of the company that
>makes this chip or chipset, I would appreciate your sending it to
>me.  Thank you.

Actually, if anyone finds out about such a beast (or any other FFT
chip (set)), I'd like to hear about it too.
Maybe the best thing would just be to post responses.



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a143@mindlink.UUCP (Ed Meyer) (10/25/90)

John, for fast FFTs, it's hard to beat Array Micro's unit (if memory serves,
it's called a DASP6100).  I think the set will allow you to do a real 64K FFT
in aroun 1 to 2 milli-seconds.  If memory serves, a real 256 FFT can be
calculated in _realtime_ for a 0 to 20 kHz spectrum.  I don't have Array
Micro's number off hand but they are in the US.  Maybe someone else has their
number.  Or, failing that, I could find it out in a day-or-three.

herman@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John W. Herman) (10/30/90)

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The following is the message I sent.
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I saw an ad for a chip or chip set that professed to be able to
perform a fixed point or block floating point FFT in 96 microsecond
but now I can't find it.  If you know the name of the company that
makes this chip or chipset, I would appreciate your sending it to
me.  Thank you.
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The information I received is as follows:

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From marlin!nosc!dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a143 Mon Oct 29 13:11:59 PST 1990

John, for fast FFTs, it's hard to beat Array Micro's unit (if memory serves,
it's called a DASP6100).  I think the set will allow you to do a real 64K FFT
in aroun 1 to 2 milli-seconds.  If memory serves, a real 256 FFT can be
calculated in _realtime_ for a 0 to 20 kHz spectrum.  I don't have Array
Micro's number off hand but they are in the US.  Maybe someone else has their
number.  Or, failing that, I could find it out in a day-or-three.
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From marlin!nosc!ucsd!ucbvax!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpnmdla!sheppard Mon Oct 29 13:24:17 PST 1990

I believe that was announced by Plessey recently. Try:

Plessey Semiconductors Scotts Valley, Ca, (408) 438-2900

Roger- 

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Thank you both very much.  The ad I saw was for the Plessey PDSP16510 which
will perform a block scaled fixed point FFT in 96 microseconds.
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John Herman    ARPA:  herman@marlin.nosc.mil  Phome: (619)553-1466
Naval Ocean System Center Code 712
271 Catalina Blvd
San Diego, Ca. 92512-5000