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		Mathnerd314 on Nov 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Notes on Type Layouts and ABIs in Rust Is there any point in supporting DSPs? They seem to be getting phased out in favor of FPGAs or chips with more standardized architectures. And LLVM has a little support for some higher-end DSPs like Hexagon, but most toolchains are based on a modified GCC or an in-house C compiler like TI's compiler: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/TI_Compiler_Informat...

monocasa on Nov 10, 2019 [–]

I don't think they're getting phased out. They're very hard to beat in their perf/watt gate count niche. Those little TI DSPs are everywhere.

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