DSPs

[Eric Blossom <eb@comsec.com>]

Jim Dixon writes:
> The Motorola DSP96002 does an integer multiply in 2 or 3 clocks, so a
> 33 MHz device does 11 million multiplies (and moves) a second. The
> chip costs about $50.

The 96002 is a floating point part.  Last time I checked it cost
several hundred dollars.  I suspect that you were refering to the
56001/2 family (which does cost something like $50).