robinson@sunset.sedd.trw.com (05/08/91)
DSP Cards for MacII: Vendors/specs Can anyone give names of vendors and some specs for DSP cards for the MacII? So far, I've only come across 2. National Instrument's DSP2300 based on TI's TMS320C30 @ 33MFLOPs with up to 1MB on board memory lists at ~$5k; developer kits and TI's compiler (runs under MPW shell) and an interface to National instrument's Labview are supported. Spectral Innovations MacDSPAP is based on AT&T'a DSP chip and runs at 32MFLOPS and is ~6K for 1MB; TI's compiler plus a library are supported. Others? JR
robinson@sunset.sedd.trw.com (05/09/91)
Thanks to all who responded to my question on DSP boards for MacII. For NEWS users, I've edited the responses which add to the list I started. It seems that music (not MUSIC for you DSPers) applications are of great interest, which once again demonstrates that the Mac is the machine of choice for people who demand a higher quality of life (o.k., I had to throw in a little Jean-Louis Gassee-ism, but it's true). Thanks to bweeks@hans.UVic.CA (Brent Weeks) "Edward J. Huff" <HUFF@MCCLB0.MED.NYU.EDU> miller@cs.rochester.edu hedstrom@sirius.UVic.CA (Brad Hedstrom) radius!lemke@apple.com (Steve Lemke) My original list: National Instrument's DSP2300 based on TI's TMS320C30 @ 33MFLOPs with up to 1MB on board memory lists at ~$5k; developer kits and TI's compiler (runs under MPW shell) and an interface to National instrument's Labview are supported. Spectral Innovations MacDSPAP is based on AT&T'a DSP chip and runs at32MFLOPS and is ~6K for 1MB; TI's compiler plus a library are supported. Responses: Digidesign (they are (I think) in Menlo Park (area code 415)) makes 2, one is sound tools accellerator, the other is audiomedia. The latter runs about $1k, the former is more. BOth come with software for music type applications, so you probably have to talk with digidesign if you just want to use the bare board, which they might market too. The former (at least) is Motorola 56001 based. Ariel has a 56000 card for the MacII. Perceptics, Inc. (615)966-9200 They do image processing and sell a RAM card up to 32 meg with signal processor on board. The signal processor daughter board is not shipping yet, but has been promised for some time now. JR