> I don't believe they use dedicated MP3-decoder IPs because 
> they support
> multiple audio formats, so I can only assume the decoding is done in a
> micro. But again, I may have underestimated the speed of 
> those processors,
> or perhaps they're more finely tuned to that kind of calculation.

remember a discussion about ARM-versus-PIC performance? IIRC a 60 MHz
ARM can do real-time MPEG decoding. This is probably one of the
applications where 32 bit versus 16 bit offers real advantage.

Wouter van Ooijen

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