Re: Help for a DSP Selection
I would go with a fixed point DSP if you are not sure which to choose. Most DSP applications nowadays can be implemented in fixed point. Floating point stuff are usually taken care of by general purpose microprocessors.
You are probably looking at video applications if you are looking at this much MIPS, in that case, fixed point is the way to go.
Personally, I'd pay more attention to the DSK peripherals depending on your needs. You'll need to do more research on TI's products if you are hoping to use RTDX for real-time video applications or if you are hoping to digitize your input.
You would need floating point DSP if you are doing some heavy mathematical computations. In that case, you should be concerned about the datapath width of the C67x. I checked just now and it seems that it is based on 32-bit registers. So it's likely that you'll need to setup a few of these registers before you can perform a floating point operation. If your computations are iterative and the loops are small (such as filtering), then you probably can achieve 1 FLOP/cycle. Otherwise, you'll have to take data access into account for the overall performance.
If you are looking at audio applications, usually the C54x/C55x family is good enough.
MGPC