Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: First WinModem for Linux | Date | Wed, 04 Aug 1999 08:45:36 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Fred Reimer <fwr@ga.prestige.net> said:
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> I understand the problem, but I think the solution is all backwards. > The problem being that (DSP) chip vendors charge too much for their > product. So, if you want a "real" modem you are going to have to pay > (you say) $50 to include it in a computer. The issue though is that > you can apparently include a CPU that is sufficiently powerful enough > to do HSP and not have to pay for the DSP on the modem. How can this > be? How can Intel, AMD, whoever produce a CPU that is so powerful yet > so cheap that it makes more sense, economically, to move the 'SP > functions from a dedicated DSP chip inside the host CPU? The answer is > simple, the DSP chip vendors are charging way too much for their > products. When one technology (generic function CPU) can perform the > work of another (special function DSP's) at a lower cost overhead it is > obvious, from a capitalist supply and demand viewpoint, that the DSP > vendors are overcharging.
Nope. Today the base machine is something like a Celeron 350MHz or so, _way_ overpowered for the average home use: Running Word (or whatever) or browsing. There is plenty CPU left for the modem to use. Not enough for a freak who runs several applications at once needs, though... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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