Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] open-source like hardware
From: Joe Pfeiffer (pfeiffer_AT_cs.nmsu.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 23:07:49 EET
Rene Rebe writes:
> >
> > It would be nice to be able to use a chip that isn't single-source,
> > though -- like a 7400 in the TTL world. You could argue that a 7400
> > isn't open in the sense of open-source code, but its specs are
> > completely open and there are myriad vendors.
>
> Erm. I do not think that there are reasonable DSPs out that are not
> _single-source_ ... - There might be some 8051 compatible or 68k
> compatible µCs ... - but often this is only on the software level and
> you have to redesign your board ...
I don't know of any, either -- I didn't mean to claim that we should
be using non-single source chips, I meant that it would be nice if we
could. This would move us a bit closer to my idea of the open-source
model.
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