[vorbis] hardware ogg vorbis decoder

[Thomas Marshall Eubanks]

"Fung Kam (TAHK)" wrote:

> TI and other DSP chips are actually not that expensive anymore. Most, if not
> all, of the portable MP3 players use DSP instead of ASIC. You can even put
> the decoding program inside the flash media, like the RCA Lyra. This way,
> you can have Vorbis player almost instantly. Come to think of it, if someone
> port the code to the TI 54xx platform, which the Lyra uses, then you can
> listen to Vorbis encoded music on the Lyra.
>
> Kam
>
> p.s. I work at a major audio consumer electronic company.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McMeikan, Andrew [mailto:andrew.mcmeikan at mitswa.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 1:42 PM
> To: 'vorbis at xiph.org'
> Subject: RE: [vorbis] hardware ogg vorbis decoder
>
> I am indeed thinking of the portable market.  Like this design
> http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~elm/reports/mpc/report_e.html but instead of
> using a  MAS3507D mp3 decoder I would like to see an OggVorbis decoder chip.
> true market acceptance is when these walkman style products are on the
> shelves.  They only get this cheap because of mass produced hardware
> decoders, decoding it with a TI or other DSP is all well and good but the
> one who makes an ASIC that does it makes more money.  Doing a VHDL model and
> running that in an FPGA is the only way a company is going to be willing to
> take that step.  An open design hardware Vorbis decoder will have every chip
> manufacturer competing with each other for price.
>
> Ultimately this means a cheap Vorbis Walkman/Rio style products.
>
>         cya,    Andrew...
>
> ...use of respective TM's used without asking :) but in good faith...
>

Hello;

   The Kerbango box uses en embedded Power PPC chip less powerful
than a G3 running Linux (I believe Redhat). That port should be trivial.


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