Enabling emerging multi-channel object-based audio standards, Tensilica® HiFi 4 Audio/Voice DSP IP Core is suited for digital TV, set-top box, Blu-ray Disc, and automotive infotainment. Processor supports four 32 x 32-bit multiplier-accumulators per cycle with 72-bit accumulators for computationally intensive functions such as Fast Fourier Transform and finite impulse response. Four very long instruction word (VLIW) slot architecture is capable of issuing two 64-bit loads per cycle.