Synopsys

Synopsys


DesignWare ARC Sound

Targets: Audio, Automotive, Consumer, Imaging & Video, Mobile & Wireless,

Synopsys' DesignWare ARC Sound's design was directly driven by both processor architects and audio engineering professionals. The DesignWare ARC Sound family of audio DSPs scales from the single core AS 211SFX to the high-performance AS 221BD dual-core solution. Software that's written for a single core runs out of the box on the dual-core AS 221BD. In addition, a multi-core media streaming framework is available that makes partitioning and distribution of a complex use case with multiple audio codecs over such a dual-core system easier.

Standards supported include: High Speed Ripping Audio Encoder, High speed, multi-stream AAC-LC, AAC-LC, MP3, and Dolby Digital. Audio decoders include: AAC-LC, MP3 low power, WMA, Dolby Digital, aacPlus v2, and Dolby Digital Plus and many more. The DesignWare ARC Sound Subsystem is capable of delivering studio quality audio using Sonic Focus post-processing technology and at the same time supporting long hours of playback time using Energy PRO active power management.