ICs and semiconductors

The digital-signal-processing chip from Texas Instruments may mark the start of general-purpose use of these DSP devices. The TI TM320 chip is the first DSP device which is also a 1-chip microcomputer incorporating a powerful arithmetic-logic unit and multiplier. The wide use expected of this chip will probably allow a reduction in price to the $10 level considered the threshhold for general market penetration.