An embedded [DSP] produced by [Texas Instruments]. It comes with many [peripherals] ([SDRAM] controllers, [multichannel] [serial port] controllers, etc.) on board, as well as a limited amount of memory that can be configured as either [L2 cache] or fast program memory.

The most remarkable thing about this DSP to an [assembly programmer] is that all eight logic units are programmed independently (this is referred to as a [VLIW] architecture), allowing a programmer to tune code to near 100% cpu utilization, without breaking his or her head; thus, despite the fact that my sample TMS320C6211 ran at only 150Mhz, it easily [outperform]ed its [slow-as-molasses] [external] [memory bus].

and that is why [holistic] [system design] is important.

(to be fair, the 'C6211 was probably meant to be used on [algorithm]s with smaller [working set]s and higher [computational complexity] than the ones I was toying with.)

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