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The TMS320C5509 digital signal processor from Texas Instruments has been named "Product of the year" by the editors of Electronic Products Magazine.
The second member of TI's TMS320C55x DSP generation, the programmable TMS320C5509 DSP is the first TI DSP to receive USB certification and is among the most highly integrated general-purpose devices shipping today.
The power-efficient, peripheral-rich C5509 DSP achieved Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 full-speed certification from the USB Implementers Forum compliance programme, providing designers of DSP-based personal and portable appliances a proven solution for USB connectivity.
"Texas Instruments' C5509 DSP chip was selected by Electronic Products Magazine as Product of the Year since it offers unparalleled integration to allow designers of battery-operated and PC-connected products to reduce board space and power usage by a factor of three, while supporting most popular removable storage standards and multimedia formats with processing power to spare", said David Suchmann, editor of Electronic Products Magazine.
"It will help designers meet the challenges of present and future handheld and Internet-enabled multimedia appliances that demand increasing capabilities and power-efficient performance".
The C5509 DSP features a new architecture that delivers power-efficient performance and dedicated on-chip peripherals such as USB 2.0 full speed 12Mbit/s, 10bit ADC, IIC, real-time clock, MMC/SD interface and Sony Memory Stick interface required for handheld multimedia applications such as digital imaging devices, personal video cameras, personal medical, biometric identification systems and security devices.
 

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