The DASIP card is a part of a high performance signal processing application and plays a crucial role in the system. It consists of a data acquisition section, a signal processing core and a mass storage facility. As the acronym suggests, the functionality of the DASIP card includes data acquisition and signal processing.

The DASIP card is an add-on card to Mistral's V12S card. The V12S is a high-end signal processing platform with 12 ADSP21160 DSPs.