Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Intel "Stellarton" Configurable Processor (for SDR?)

[Philip Balister]

On 10/28/2010 01:25 PM, Brian Padalino wrote:
> I don't know where I've been, but this is the first time I've seen
> anything about the announcement:
>
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> http://www.slashgear.com/intel-stellarton-atom-e600fpga-promises-flexible-embedded-devices-14102251/
>
> While the Atom processor is not very powerful, pairing it with a full
> fledged FPGA sounds promising for SDR that can work using fixed-point
> algorithms.
>
> Has anyone else heard about this processor?  Is anyone else interested in it?

I heard about it the other day from a friend involved in the video 
business. It is not clear from the press release if they expose IO's for 
connecting to data converters though. The combination is interesting for 
a number of applications, but for SDR you really want the data 
converters directly connected to the FPGA.

Philip

> I saw Altera is going to release Qsys which will support the
> processor/FPGA design flow:
>
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> http://www.altera.com/b/embedded-fpga-design-flow.html?GSA_pos=1&WT.oss_r=1&WT.oss=qsys
>
> What are other people's thoughts?
>
> Brian
>
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