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"Jon Harris" <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Looks like a real screamer! Wonder what it will cost? I'm still
waiting for my "perfect SHARC"--link ports, multiprocessing, built-in
SDRAM controller, and 300-400MHz clock speed. I might be able to live
It already exists, though they stuck the prefix "Tiger" in front of SHARC
:-)
300 MHx for TS101 or 600 MHz for TS201, and you get your sdram controller,
links, and multiprocessing. No sports though, and maybe that's why you
don't like it?
The problems I have with the TS parts are:
1) High price (>$150 vs <$30 for 21161)
2) The fact that I can't take advantage of the any of the cool features to do
multiple lower-precision operations since I always operate on 40-bit FP data.
So I pay for features I can't use.
3) It isn't targeted toward the pro audio market (where I work) so there are
issues with peripherals, etc.
4) Major architectural differences from the other SHARCs which would probably
require a large programming effort to convert our vast library of assembly code
to the new platform. (Never really got far enough to see just how much work
this would take, but it doesn't look trivial.)
The newly announced TS301 looks a lot better in terms of price, but the other
issues still remain AFAIK.