SHARC 2147x Series Processors: Floating Point Precision Powers Portable Continuous Wave Doppler Processing SHARC2147xSeriesProcessors:FloatingPoint PrecisionPowersPortableContinuousWaveDoppler Processing LowCost,LowPowerFloatingPointDigitalSignalProcessorsBringExceptional MedicalImageQualitytotheField ByTonyZarola,HealthcareSegmentManager,AnalogDevices Floatingpointdigitalsignalprocessingisawellestablishedrequirementforprecisiontechnologiesandis traditionallyspecifiedforapplicationsdemandinghigherlevelsofaccuracyinindustriessuchas aerospace,industrialmachineryandhealthcare.Medicalultrasoundmachinesaresomeofthemost sophisticatedsignalprocessingmachinesinuseandtheyareincreasinglyexpandingintotheportable domain.Thechallengeistoenablethisintensivesignalprocessingwithoutcompromisingsystem performance.WiththeintroductionofthelowpowerSHARC2147xseriesprocessors,ADIhas addressedthechallengeofprovi……