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.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 20, 2021, at 4:29 PM, Moses Browne Mwakyanjala <mbkit...@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.