Introduction The Texas Instruments TMS320 family of digital signal processors offers a wide range of fixed-and floating-point solutions. High-performance single and multiple DSPs, are viable for even the most cost-sensitive applications like consumer and automotive products. The TMS320 family currently comprises eight generations of DSPs and features a variety of price/performance alternatives. The TMS320C1x, 'C2x, 'C2xx, 'C5x, and 'C54x generations are fixed-point DSPs, while the 'C3x and 'C4x are floating-point generations. Spins-offs based on the core CPU of each generation offer a variety of memory and peripheral configurations to address specific applications needs. The newer higher-performance, code-compatible generations provide an easy product upgrade path while preserving software investment. The TMS320C8x is a multiprocessor DSP with four advanced DSPs and a RISC microprocessor on the same price of silicon. All TMS320 DSPs are supported by products and services from independent vendors and consultants, known as third parties. Software products include vocoders, speech recognition/synthesis, audio, telecommunications, image/video, operating systems, run-time support libraries, and miscellaneous algorithms. Support products (both software and hardware) include cross assemblers, simulators, DSP utility packages, logic analyzers, and emulators. Consultants offer expertise in fields such as speech encoding, vector quantization, software/hardware design, and system analysis. This book describes only software products that directly support the TMS320 family and that are not provided by Texas Instruments. Description of a product or service does not constitute its endorsement by Texas Instruments. If you want more information about a product or service, you should contact the third party directly. The information is this guide is based on material provided by third parties. Due to space limitations, only a synopsis of each product is presented. The following information is provided in this guide: Third-Party Algorithm Reference Tables (Chapter 1) Third-Party Reference Materials including the 1996 TMS320 Third-Party Support Reference Guide overview and At-a-Glance Contact Information (Chapter 2) Third-Party Product Descriptions (Chapter 3 through 10) Digital Signal Processing Applications Tutorials (Chapter 11) Trademarks Chapter 12) All software products are listed by products categories in the Third-Party Algorithm Reference Tables. Each entry includes an overview of the product highlighting the third-party offering the algorithm, the TMS320 device it runs on, key specifications, as well as the page number where the product description can be found. The organization of chapters 3 through 10 follows the outline presented in the Algorithm Reference Tables in chapter 1. Return to the Table of Contents