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A digital audio decoder is described. The digital audio decoder includes: (i) an audio core which defines hardware for matrixing and windowing during decoding of MPEG digital audio signals such that matrixing coefficients are multiplied by discrete modified sample values during the matrixing operation; and (ii) an input RAM coupled to the audio core and configured to store the discrete modified sample values calculated outside the audio core in preparation for the matrixing operation and configured to store intermediate values calculated by the audio core during the matrixing operation that are written back to the input RAM. The modified sample values represent either a summation of two samples of MPEG audio data or a difference of the two samples of MPEG audio data. A process of decoding MPEG digital audio signals in a digital audio decoder including a firmware and a hardware, both of which are configured to decode MPEG audio signals, is also described. The process includes: (i) receiving MPEG encoded digital audio signals; (ii) decoding at least partially the digital audio signals by the firmware using MPEG audio algorithms that precede matrixing and windowing; and (iii) generating modified sample values of MPEG audio data by the firmware for matrixing, the modified sample values represent either a summation of two samples of MPEG audio data or a difference of the two samples of MPEG audio data.

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