Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a digital specific signal processor integrated circuit. A microphone transduces acoustic energy into an electrical signal. A scattering layer is positioned in the emissive display device to scatter light trapped in the one or more light-emitting layers; and a circular polarizer is located on the side of the scattering layer opposite the reflective electrode. If a first form of a first macro instruction is retrieved, the instruction translation logic directs the microprocessor to enable a native bypass mode and indicates such by asserting a first bit within a control register. A second-order differentiation of a digital signal representing the digital data is calculated to control an automatic gain control and phase lock loop to rapidly correct amplitude and frequency offset of the digital signal being read from the storage device.