Digital Signal Processor (DSP): DSP is a technology that is commonly used in devices such as sound cards, fax machines, cellular phones, modems, high-capacity hard disk drives and televisions. DSP chips process large amounts of digital information very quickly. Because of its quick processing abilities, this technology continues to grow fast to meet the needs of today's wireless and multimedia markets.

 

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