Abstract This paper describes the techniques used in the non-linear dequantization process of MP3 (MPEG audio, Layer III) decoding, with Motorola Star*Core DSP (MSC8101). The method introduced here is more than five times faster than calling traditional mathematics library, yet achieves a high level of accuracy that conforms to the ISO/IEC 13818-4 standard [2]. Memory consumption of this method is considerably low and is very suitable for DSP implementation of the MP3 decoder in real-time.