This invention discloses the basic chip architecture and packing configuration required to build an all silicon opto-coupler in which a forward biased silicon PN junction diode is used as the LED. The decoding method includes extracting a three-dimensional down-mix signal from an input bitstream, generating a down-mix signal with 3D effects removed therefrom by performing a 3D rendering operation on the extracted 3D down-mix signal, and generating a 3D down-mix signal with 3D effects by performing a 3D rendering operation on the generated down-mix signal. A control unit is coupled to the TLB. The mobile device maintains its wireless receiver in a powered down state during the low power mode of operation while broadcast messages are broadcasted from the wireless network. Ultimately, the operating limit minimum critical power ratio of the reactor is evaluated from a histogram of probability calculations representing the number of fuel rods subject to a boiling transition during the transient condition.