The GSM Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR WB) speech codec is used in the UMTS and CDMA2000 and 3GPP mobile telephony systems. The codec supports wideband speech with a 16kHz sampling frequency resulting in much higher speech quality.
Features
Datasheet lists features and characteristics
Thoroughly verified against reference test-vectors
Robust to System memory latency
GSM AMR WB
Low processor load
Codecs developed in-house: Issues that may arise are quickly handled by Synopsys'? in-house DSP experts
Compliant with ARC Audio API
Integrated into ARC?s Media Software Framework and MQX RTOS
Codecs allow multiple instances to be run in parallel
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