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I suspect the DSP makers just use VLIW because of interia. They probably don't have the money or incentive to revisit their old decisions. Also wouldn't you s
by wsxcde 11y ago
I suspect the DSP makers just use VLIW because of interia.
They probably don't have the money or incentive to revisit their old decisions.
Also wouldn't you say that most of the stuff that used to be implemented on DSPs is now moving into ASICs? I wouldn't be so sure that VLIWs are going to be around forever.
- sklogic 11y agoVLIW is many times cheaper (in terms of power and area) than OoO. It is not going anywhere from the low budget range.
- wsxcde 11y agoBut VLIW and OoO aren't the only two design points. The renewed interest in traditional inorder vector processors. In any case, I do think the point of DSPs was to be area/power efficient for certain specialized algorithms, and a lot of these are just becoming ASICs/specialized accelerators today.