New, low-cost plastic packaging for its 250nS NMOS DSP32 digital signal processor is enabling AT&T Microelectronics Inc, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey to slash prices for the part by almost 65%, it says: the DSP32 is now $49 for 1,000-up, making it the lowest priced 32-bit floating point chip on the market; it will be sampled next quarter with production quantities in the third quarter; the DSP16 falls 36% to $25.50 for buyers of 5,000-up.
