1. Which best describes your company or organization?
IC Vendor Silicon Intellectual Property (IP) Provider Software IP Provider Design Services R&D Laboratory OEM/System Maker & Marketer ODM/System Manufacturer for OEMs EMS/Electronic Manufacturing Services Military Contractor School/University Consultant VAR or Retailer Manufacturer's Representative Other:
2. How big is your company or organization?
Less than 10 employees 10-50 employees 50-100 employees 100-500 employees >500 employees
3. Which best describes your job?
Company Executive Technical Manager Programmer Software/Firmware Engineer Hardware Engineer Software/Hardware Engineer IC Designer MTS/SMTS/DMTS Owner/Entrepreneur Marketing/Product Planning Educator/Professor Researcher/Scientist Consultant Other:
4. In what country are you located?
We are a vendor of programmable DSP chips We are a provider of programmable DSP cores We are a provider of DSP silicon IP (other than programmable cores) We are a vendor of chips other than DSP We are a provider of DSP software IP We are an OEM, ODM, or EMS that uses DSP chips We are an OEM, ODM, or EMS that uses DSP cores We are an OEM, ODM, or EMS that uses RISC cores We teach or train in DSP technology We use products that employ DSP technology We have no direct involvement in DSP
6. What is(are) the primary DSP-based end product(s) your organization makes or is involved with?
A chip-level product A board-level product A system product A software product Other:
8. Which chip types are employed for DSP algorithm execution in your organization's primary product(s) or involvement? (check all that apply)
General-purpose Fixed-Point DSP General-purpose Floating-Point DSP Proprietary programmable DSP core Licensed DSP core implemented in an ASIC chip Licensed DSP core implemented in a programmable logic chip Licensed RISC CPU core Licensed DSP-enhanced RISC CPU core Licensed RISC with vector coprocessor Combo RISC/DSP chip from a single vendor Combo licensed RISC core and licensed DSP core on a chip Chip employing Finite State Machine DSP FPGA (as a DSP engine, not glue logic) FPGA with embedded RISC (for DSP) Dynamically reconfigurable chip for DSP Host MPU for DSP (e.g., Pentium or PowerPC) Media Processor/Video Processor MCU
9. What is the typical DSP performance requirement (in millions of multiply-accumulates per second--MMACS) for your organization's primary DSP-centric product or involvement?
Low (less than 100 MMACS) Medium (100-600 MMACS) High (over 600 MMACS)
10. If a general-purpose DSP chip is employed in your organization's primary DSP-centric product, which brand is it?
Not Applicable Agere/Lucent Analog Devices, fixed point Analog Devices, floating point Microchip DsPIC Motorola NEC Texas Instruments, fixed point Texas Instruments, floating point Other:
11. Which general-purpose DSP chip family is your organization most likely to use in its next design(s)?
Don't know We won't use a DSP chip in our next design ADI 218x/219x ADI Blackfin (2153x) ADI SHARC (2116x/2106x) ADI TigerSHARC (TS101) ADI Mixed Signal DSP (2199x) Agere 16xx Agere 16xxx Agere StarPro 2xxx Microchip DsPIC Motorola 563xx Motorola 56F80x Motorola 56800E Motorola MSC8101 Motorola MSC8102 NEC uPD77xxx TI C24xx/C28xx TI C54xx TI C55xx TI C62xx TI C64xx Other:
12. If your organization purchases general-purpose DSP chips for use in its products, what are the important selection criteria?Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Not Important" and 5 represents "Very Important".
1 2 3 4 5 MIPS/MMACS On-Chip Memory I/O Power Consumption Packaging Development Tools Vendor Support Vendor Roadmap Third-Party Support Code-compatible Upgrade Path Reference Designs Available Algorithms Competitive Price
Not Applicable 3DSP Adelante Clarkspur Improv LSI Logic/ZSP ParthusCeva/DSP Group StarCore Our own proprietary DSP core Other:
14. If your organization licenses DSP cores for use in its own chip designs, what are the important selection criteria?Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Not Important" and 5 represents "Very Important".
1 2 3 4 5 Hard Core Availability Soft Core Availability Instruction Configurability Available Generic Platform Solution MIPS/MMACS Power Consumption Development Tools Vendor Support Vendor Roadmap Third-Party Support Available Algorithms Available FPGA emulation Low Licensing Fee, Higher Royalties High Licensing Fee, Lower Royalties One-time Licensing Fee Infringement Indemnification
ARC ARM MIPS PowerPC SH-4 Tensilica XScale/StrongArm Other:
16. If a RISC core is employed, does it execute DSP algorithms?
Yes, some DSP Yes, a lot of DSP No Don't know
17. If the RISC core executes DSP algorithms, please check all that apply:
It employs one or more multiplier-accumulators It employs custom instruction extensions for DSP It employs a vector coprocessor Don't know/Not Applicable
18. If a RISC core is employed, does it interface with:
A programmable DSP chip? A licensed DSP core? ASIC coprocessor(s) for DSP functionality? An FPGA for DSP functionality? No, it is stand-alone Don't know
19. If an FPGA is employed for DSP computation in your organization's DSP-centric end product, which brand is used?
Agere/Lattice Altera Atmel QuickLogic Xilinx Other:
20. What bus interfaces will your organization likely be using in its next DSP-centric design(s)? (check all that apply)
Don't know 3GIO Bluetooth CAN Ethernet, Wired Ethernet, Wireless Fiber Channel FlexRay H.110 Hypertransport I2C I2S IDB IEEE 1394 Infiniband IrDA LIN MOST PC/104 PCI PCI-X cPCI RapidIO SCSI SPI UART/USART USB VME Other:
21. For what end market(s) is your organization's primary DSP-centric end product applicable? (check all that apply)
Automotive Communications-wired Communications-wireless Computer/Peripherals Consumer Industrial Instrumentation Medical Military/Aerospace Office Automation Other
22. For what applications are your organization's DSP-centric products employed?(check all that apply)
Cable Modems Cellular Base Stations Cellular Handsets Cochlear Implants Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Consumer Electronics Cordless Phones Data Acquisition/Instrumentation Data/Fax Modems Digital Cameras Disk Drives GPS Graphics/Display Processing HDTV Hearing Aids IP Telephony/VoIP Medical Imaging Military/Aerospace Motor Control MP3 Players Multimedia Music Synthesis Noise/Vibration Cancellation Optical Networking Power Supplies/UPS Powerline Communications Radar/Sonar Radio Receivers (AM/FM or DAB) Robotics Set top Boxes/PVRs Speech Processing Speech Recognition Telematics Telephone Answering Devices Video Game Consoles Video/Image Processing Videoconferencing Wireless LANs xDSL Modems Other:
23. Indicate the DSP development tools your organization currently employs. (check all that apply)
Don't Know Agilent ADS Axys Maxsim Cocentric Code Composer Studio CodeWarrior Cossap Hyperception MathCAD MATLAB Mentor Seamless Real Time Workshop Simulink SPW SystemView Virtio VisualDSP/Crosscore Other
24. For your DSP development tools, which host system does your organization primarily use?
Don't Know AIX HP UX MacOS PC Linux PC Windows Sun Solaris Unix VxWorks Other:
25. Indicate all languages your organization uses to write DSP algorithms. (check all that apply)
Don't Know Assembly C C++ Java J2ME .Net AHDL Verilog VHDL Other
26. Which operating system(s) are employed on your organization's DSP-centric chip products (or target DSP platforms)?
Don't Know None In-House OS DSP/BIOS Linux LynxOS MTOS Nucleus OSE pSOS QNX RMX RT Unix VRTX VxWorks Other:
27. If your organization purchases DSP software or hardware IP (other than cores), please indicate the type. (check all that apply)
Not Applicable Don't know Basic algorithms (e.g., FIR, FFT, CELP, DFE, etc.) Applications (e.g., OFDM, JPEG, MPEG-4, G.729, etc.) End Solutions (e.g., GSM, IP Phone, V.92 modem, etc.)
28. If your organization purchases DSP hardware IP (other than cores), please indicate from which companies employed or being considered. (check all that apply)
Not Applicable/Don't know Amphion eInfochips Hantro Infinite Technologies Ingenient Inicore inSilicon/Synopsys Ittiam Systems Leopard Logic Mentor/Inventra Mobilygen NewLogic Nova Engineering Sasken SciWorx Tality Wipro Other
29. If your organization purchases DSP software IP, please indicate from which companies employed or being considered. (check all that apply)
Not Applicable/Don't know ART Technologies Emuzed Encore Software Espico FedTec Gao Research HelloSoft Ingenient Invensys India Ittiam Systems Pace Soft Sililcon PC-Tel RadioScape Sasken Signals & Software Signior Systems Spirit Surf Communications Trinity Convergence TTPCom Virtual IP Group Wipro Other
30. What new DSP-centric products or improvements would you like to see from DSP chip vendors?