Part 1 explains how Atmel used the Target tools to develop a DSP optimized for C programming. In the first part of this two part series, we outlined the main reasons we designed the mAgic DSP ...

Part 1 introduces the basic principles of writing C code for a DSP processor. It also explains how to profile and optimize code. Part 2 shows how to optimize DSP “kernels,” i.e., inner loops. It also ...