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Re:Forth Inventor Chuck Moore's $20 144 core CPU now in full... by ippisl on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @05:48PM (#3267792)
Had a rough look on it's instruction set and didn't see anything resembling DSP instructions. So i'm not sure it would be great for all those uses.

On the other hand, picochip sells a 200-300 core DSP , that is being used for the wireless industry.

Re:Forth Inventor Chuck Moore's $20 144 core CPU now in full... by csmeder on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @05:55PM (#3267818)
From this PDF http://www.greenarraychips.com/home/documents/greg/PB001-100... GreenArrays seems to think it would support DSP

"SUITABILITY: The GA144 is designed to support the largest and most demanding computing challenges that can be addressed with a modest sized die in a relatively inexpensive and easy to use package while still using well less than 650 mW in most practical applications. The geometry allows for generous numbers of parallel paths and/or pipeline stages, or for complex flowgraphs in control, simulation, or DSP applications. Clusters of nodes devoted to functions such as cryptographic algorithms are easily placed in the large array, and the cluster needed to control external memory and run a high level language from it is well out of the way but has good surface area for interaction with other functions. Use it also as a universal protoytping platform for applications destined to run on our smaller chips. "

Re:Forth Inventor Chuck Moore's $20 144 core CPU now in full... by sliverstorm on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @07:21PM (#3268100)
There is a huge difference between supporting DSP and being good at DSP. My $0.50 MSP430, clocked at 32kHz, "supports" DSP.
Re:Forth Inventor Chuck Moore's $20 144 core CPU now in full... by dkersten on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @06:45AM (#3269713)
At the very least, I'd expect instructions for things like saturated addition