provides support for multicore and asymmetric multiprocessor systems based on ARM, ColdFire, MIPS and SH. Several codecs can be parallelized across 2 CPU cores for increased power efficiency, and the HWCODEC interface allows for dedicated audio decoder DSPs. Rockbox Utility The Rockbox Utility is a free computer application, available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows, built using Digia Qt platform, that is used to install and manage Rockbox on DAPs. Rockbox Utility provides automatic installation of Rockbox, as well as themes and voice files, directly onto a DAP with minimal user interaction. Rockbox Utility is updated frequently as support for new devices is added. See also iPodLinux References External links FLOSS Weekly – 43: Rockbox TWiT.tv (network) podcast with Paul Louden of Rockbox Custom firmware Digital audio players Embedded operating systems Free software projects Free software primarily written in assembly language Free software programmed in C Free media players Free and open-source Android software IPod software Lua (programming language)-scriptable software Portable media players