Re: Suggestion for an SDR computer

[Marcus D Leech]

There is essentially no way on gods little green planet that you will process 
2Gsps on the CPU. You will really need to pre-process within your FPGA 
framework. 

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> On Feb 20, 2021, at 4:29 PM, Moses Browne Mwakyanjala <mbkitine@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> I will be acquiring a frontend that could receive up to 2 Gsps. The frontend 
> has an FPGA that could host user-defined VHDL signal processing RTL. It can 
> also stream data directly to the CPU or GPU. I understand that using the FPGA 
> or the GPU could be quite efficient. BUT, I want the signal processing 
> functions done in the CPU whereby the waveform is processed in GNU Radio (or 
> other C++ implementations). I'm currently looking for a computer that could 
> handle this sample rate. What kind of specs do you think I could look for 
> (RAM, CPU frequency, cache size etc).? What specific products would you 
> recommend? 
> 
> Regards,
> Moses.