In an embodiment an integrated circuit includes a digital-signal processing unit having an event management device configured to associate respective event data items with respective trigger signals and a digital-signal processor configured to associate a respective task with an respective event data item, wherein the event management device is configured to receive the trigger signals at input terminals and, when a trigger signal is received, store the event data item associated with the received trigger signal in an event register, and wherein the digital-signal processor is configured execute the task associated with the event data item stored in the event register.