copyright vianix llc 2006 all rights reserved whitepaper masctm technology in the digital signal processor market by donald buer product manager rev september 14 dsp or processing as term suggests is of signals means a this context an electrical carried wire telephone line radio wave more generally however stream information representing anything from stock prices to data remote sensing satellite commonly need be processed variety ways for example output may well contaminated with unwanted noise using filter circuit can remove at least reduce part increasingly nowadays filtering improve quality extract important done techniques rather than analog electronics processors dsps introduction microprocessor late 1970 s made it possible used much wider range applications during 1980
