[Icc-430] 64 bits FP chip....

[Jerry Durand]

At 11:29 PM 5/15/2007, Richard wrote:
>The data transfer overheard is ~10 uSec to transfer two operands and 
>a result. Complex expressions will use the intermediate results 
>directly without data transfer. The API uses a stack architecture so 
>interrupt can remain enabled except during the data transfer.

So, how do you actually get the data into and out of this 
thing?  Parallel bus (8, 16, 32, 64 bit? endian?), serial (SPI, I2C)?

Can it do any other tricks?  The TMS320C6722RFP250 floating point DSP 
at Digi-Key is $17.70 in single quantity and does a lot more than math.



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