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Re:HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engi... by MrBuddyCasino on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @05:40AM (#12342458)
Yeah it is. Maybe there is something about the Tensilica cores, as the ESP8266 still hasn't got a real contender? Apparently they have a special toolchain that lets customers create customized cores in a more or less automated way, and they started as a dataplane/DSP company in the 90s. Quite weird.
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Re:HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engi... by smcl on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @06:21AM (#12342591)
Not sure what the competition looks like. I saw this the other day but I haven't read much more about it: http://hackaday.com/2016/07/28/new-chip-alert-rtl8710-a-chea...
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Re:HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engi... by MrBuddyCasino on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @07:20AM (#12342788)
True, that one looked ok, but 48k of RAM is a step down, and I don't see any other peripherals (e.g. bluetooth) that would make me want to switch.
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Re:HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engi... by thejake0 on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:22AM (#12343085)
The first real contender to the ESP8266 is set to release September 1st: the successor to the ESP8266, the ESP32 - now with dual Tensilica cores (and a bunch of other stuff).
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Re:HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engi... by MrBuddyCasino on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:53AM (#12343286)
I'm waiting for this one to drop like a little girl for a pony on christmas. Hope its not gonna be a disappointment for some reason.
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