Dolby Digital AC-3 Decoder for Xtensa HiFi Audio DSPs

Tensilica’s Dolby Digital AC-3 Decoder Application Package

Dolby Digital

The Dolby Digital AC-3 Decoder package for the  Xtensa HiFi Audio DSPs implements the Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio decoder supporting multichannel (5.1) and stereo decoding over the full range of bit and sample rates. The decoder is a fixed-point implementation written fully in C and available in object code.  Included documentation describes how to incorporate the decoder into a system.  Using this package, system developers can integrate an AC-3 decoder into an SOC without the need for additional optimizations or software development.  The same Xtensa HiFi Audio DSPs are used for other Tensilica audio codecs, enabling the development of highly optimized multi-standard audio SOC designs.

Feature Summary

  • Multichannel (5.1) decoding
  • Supports all standard down-mix modes
  • Supports the full range of bit and sample rates
  • Fully compliant with Dolby Laboratories compliance testing

Specifications - 384 & 448 kbps, 48 KHz


Clock Rate* Code Size (ROM) Table Size (ROM) RAM** I/O Buffer RAM
27 MHz 21 Kbytes 7.7 Kbytes 17 Kbytes 10 Kbytes

* Average MHz required for single-cycle memory.
** RAM includes persistent, stack and scratch.

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