[Asterisk-Dev] Intel media processing

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, John Todd wrote:

> This is not directly related to Asterisk, and in fact may be
> "competitive".  However, it is worth reading at least to understand that
> we're not the only ones who have figured out that DSPs are dying.
> 
> http://www.intel.com/network/csp/promo/9403web.htm
> 
> There are also some interesting comparative numbers in there (look in
> the PDF's) for channels per chassis, etc.  Too bad Intel would never
> release the code to GPL, despite the fact that it directly enhances
> their processor sales (which one would assume would be the primary goal
> of developing the code...)
Host DSP is *hard science*. As in, you just can't hack it up in a day, you 
need people who understand DSPs. And so far, I've met only one person who 
actually does, coppice ;) So licensing cost has to reflect many man-years 
involved in development...

Keep in mind that Intel is pushing it because of Dialogic business (that 
is owned by Intel now)

It might be very interesting to integrate HMP into asterisk via
chan_woomera (to circumvent licensing issues of direct linkage).