Abstract
The MPEG/audio Layer III audio compression is the new key technology of the music industry. We proposed a hardware architecture for high-precision MP3 audio decoding. In order to satisfy the accuracy requirement, a 24-bit floating-point computation core is proposed. The architecture has been simulated and verified using the Cadence Verilog-XL Simulator. The simulation results, PCM samples, can be added aiff header and played by Windows Media Player or Quick Time Player.