Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced the availability of samples of two new digital signal processors (DSPs)—the TMS320C6424 DSP and the TMS320C6421 DSP—to help OEMs lower overall cost per channel of telecom enterprise gateway and IP-PBX products. Additional applications that are suited for the C642x DSPs include printers, scanners, copiers and wireless applications such as pico base stations, home gateways and wireless entertainment devices. TI’s new C642x DSPs start at $8.95 in 10 Ku quantities. It is said that the devices are 100 percent upward code-compatible with existing TMS320C6000 DSPs and can be programmed utilizing the TI´s eXpressDSP software that supports open source and third party software. The processors are supported by new C6424 DSP evaluation module (EVM) and development tools.
To address the exploding voice and video over IP (VoIP) market, TI has teamed with Surf Communication Solutions Ltd (Surf) to provide ready-made telecom cards and a development support system that reduces time-to-market and development risk. The SurfExpress/PCIe and SurfRider/AMC are Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) media processing platforms based on TI C6000 DSPs. These platforms have been pre-integrated with manufacturers' ATCA and MicroTCA systems. Both the SurfExpress/PCIe and SurfRider/AMC feature the SurfDocker, a modular plug-in that carries pairs of mixed types of DSPs, including C642x products, and supports a variety of configurations to meet telecom requirements.
Avi Fisher, chief technology officer of Surf Communication Solutions, said, "TI’s new C642x DSPs with higher performance and I/O bandwidth fit perfectly to the triple-play (voice/video/data) convergence model. The C6424 DSP enables Surf to reduce the price per channel by 50 percent and support densities of up to 60 voice over IP ports or 16 video over IP ports. This makes the C6424 DSP an ideal solution for scalable enterprise gateway applications because it allows simultaneous processing of all these transmission types on the same DSP at the lowest cost per channel."
Gerard Andrews, C642x DSP marketing manager for Texas Instruments, stated, “The new C6424 and C6421 DSPs will be critical enablers in the emerging market of networked DSP applications. With ability to process voice, video, and data with ease and with native networking capabilities, these new DSPs will be a natural choice for OEMs building new innovative DSP-based devices that connect to the IP network.”
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