Re: SMP vs. Specialized chipsets WAS: Re: I have information/driver ...

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:32:49 +0100 (BST)

> It makes some sense. The problem is that soundcard chip costs about $10
> and even cheap cpu's from AMD are about $40. You'll see the difference
> when you compare the die size. However the advantage of software

Soundcards are a good example of where you don't want to do this for the
high end. For the low end you can use rtlinux and a parallel port DAC just
fine 8)

A $30 PCI sound card can generally mix about 64 channels including effects
like reverb and digital delay, output them to 6 position or more encoded
surround sound etc.

Alan

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