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Look how favorably the DSP market has valued programmable solution. Despite their performance limitations DSP processors have grown over 33% per year for the last 10 years and now account for 38% of the total DSP IC market.

DSP performance demands are increasing, driven by everything from faster internet access to smart antennas for cellular base stations. A 1997 survey indicated that 25% of all new DSP design stars had data sample rates over a million samples per second and the percentage is growing.