DSP’s Past Can’t Hold A Candle to its Future
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Gene Frantz
TI Principal Fellow and Business Development Manager, DSP
Has it really been 25 years? Can it be possible that TI’s digital signal processing technology is old enough to rent a car and appear in a light beer commercial? In 1982, the semiconductor market saw the first viable digital signal processor shipped. Over the ensuing 25 years a paradox has arisen. As they’ve aged, DSPs have grown smarter, faster and more agile while I have grown slower, and more apt to spend a Saturday night in front of the TV. Tempus fugit.


