An apparatus for processing spread spectrum signals digitized at a predetermined sampling frequency. The apparatus includes an intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit, a plurality of parallel block integrators. The intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit is capable of generating pre-integration results based on an input signal and local reference signals at a predetermined rate. The pre-integration results produced by the intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit are grouped into sets of pre-integration results. Each set of the pre-integration results contains a predetermined number of pre-integration results. The plurality of parallel block integrators is in communication with the intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit. Each of the block integrators is capable of receiving, in succession, sets of a predetermined number of pre-integration results, and for each set of predetermined number of pre-integration results, each of the block integrators is capable of performing a plurality of partial correlations based on the set of the predetermined number of pre-integration results and a plurality of shifted segments of a pseudorandom noise code until a next set of pre-integration results are received by the block integrator.