Upgrading a DVD Player

Tweaks for Geeks

Buffed up with US $100 in replacement parts, a $150 disc player can challenge players that cost ten times as much. But forget about your warranty…

Multicore Everywhere: The x86 and Beyond

Excellent intro to the industry’s move to multicore/system-on-a-chip computer architecture. The article is written mainly for people with some knowledge of PC CPUs.

Multicore Everywhere: The x86 and Beyond

Cell Articles

• Real World Technologies – CELL Microprocessor III
• More information on STI’s Cell
• Cell Architecture Explained: Introduction
• Introducing the IBM/Sony/Toshiba Cell Processor — Part I: the SIMD processing units
• Winner: Multimedia Monster

Embedded.com – Developing DSP code on converged hybrid DSP/RISC cores

Embedded.com – Developing DSP code on converged hybrid DSP/RISC cores

Also applies to system on a chip (silicon which combines DSP and RISC cores). And yes, it’s mostly C code.

My New Engineering Blog

Old blog: Larry’s Techblog

Don’t know if I’ll migrate over.  WordPress has the advantage you can tag and categorize your posts.