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Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
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Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
instruction cache
Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
An on-chip static RAM (SRAM) that contains current instructions being executed by one of the processors. Cache misses are handled by the transfer controller.
data memory page 0
Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
The first page in data memory space where the memory-mapped registers and the scratch-pad RAM block (B2) reside.
packet
Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
A collection of patches of data. See also patch.
private context
Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
A portion of a task’s context that is private to a particular software library or group of related functions and is hidden to the main task program and to the other libraries used by that program.
command-line cursor
Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
An on-screen marker that identifies the current character position on the command line.
instruction-fetch phase
Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
The first phase of the pipeline; the phase in which the instruction is fetched from program-memory. See also pipeline.
most significant byte (MSByte)
Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
The byte in a multibyte word that has the most influence on the value of the word.
