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Fraunhofer IIS Premiers Extended HE-ACC at Mobile World Congress 2012
Press Release
22.02.2012
The new member of the AAC audio codec family enables improved speech and music audio quality at low bit rates.
Berlinale Relies on Fraunhofer IIS Expertise to Test Digital Film Formats
Press Release
06.02.2012
According to the latest market analysis more than half of all worldwide movie screens have been converted to digital cinema. Especially for smaller post-production houses, mastering DCPs (digital cinema packages) can be a challenge. In order to have all movies ready for screening on February 9th for the opening of the Berlin International Film Festival, called Berlinale, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS supports the technical quality control of all submissions of data media and movies in the DCP format.Datenträger und Filme im DCP-Format.
Fraunhofer MPEG Surround Format chosen for BBC Radio Drama download
Press Release
03.02.2012
Starting February 4th, the drama ‘Private Peaceful’ will be available for download in 5.1 Surround Sound Fraunhofer IIS, the world’s renowned source for audio and multimedia technologies, today announces its continuing online experiments with the BBC and MPEG Surround Codec. After the success of the “Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” MPEG Surround streaming experiment during Christmas 2011, the BBC is offering a radio play for download in 5.1 MPEG Surround for the first time.
Personal Music Service AUPEO! Enables Surround in the Car and the Living Room
Presseinformation
05.01.2012
At CES and Detroit Auto Show, Fraunhofer IIS, AUPEO! and Panasonic Automotive Demonstrate High-quality Surround Internet Radio Streaming.
Fraunhofer IIS and Sonnox Present the Sonnox Fraunhofer Codec Plug-In for Consumers at CES
Presseinformation
05.01.2012
New plug-in provides mastering quality audio codecs to aspiring musicians for use in consumer music recording software.
More than just pictures: Fraunhofer IIS unveils intelligent, OMAP 4 processor-based INCA camera system
Press Release
07.12.2011
Collaboration with TI paves way for next-generation camera capabilities offering integrated processing compression, real-time metadata, wireless live-transmission in full HD and other “industry-first” features.
Fraunhofer IIS and Fujitsu are Cooperating
Press Release
02.12.2011
In exchanging expertise and granting mutual access to their IP pools, Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS are facilitating the development of future-proof nanometer chips for their customers.
New Channel Measurement Equipment by Fraunhofer IIS: Efficient Quality-of-Service Validation and Antenna Performance Analysis in the Field
Presseinformation
06.10.2011
The Channel Measurement Equipment (CME) is a flexible test receiver for up to 6 independent antenna signals for various frequency bands. Fraunhofer IIS showcases the CME at the CeBIT Bilişim Eurasia in Istanbul.
Smart Metering – no Battery, no Wire
Press Release
28.09.2011
Fraunhofer IIS will present its resource-efficient smart metering solutions at the Metering Europe 2011 exhibition from October 4 to 6 in Amsterdam. Utility consumption data can be continuously radio read and transmitted using self-sufficient power supply.
Fraunhofer IIS and Cube-Tec develop new digitalization procedure for video archives
Press Release
09.09.2011
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen and Cube-Tec International GmbH are jointly developing a new procedure for the high-quality and automated digitalization of analogue video cassettes. In this new procedure the complete signal processing path of tape machines is realized via computer software. This enables new forms of quality control, signal processing and the generation of technical meta data, which was previously not possible with the use of video recorders.
Fraunhofer brings HE-AAC with Broadcast Metadata to Latin America
Press Release
09.09.2011
Fraunhofer enables WiMobilis Digital Technologies to deliver superior audio quality and program loudness control. Fraunhofer IIS, the world’s renowned source for audio and multimedia technologies, today announced it has licensed its High efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (HE-AAC) implementation to WiMobilis Digital Technologies, a Brazilian company specializing in software and hardware development for digital TV and wireless communications systems.
Fraunhofer Launches MultimediaPlayer to Deliver Unprecedented Digital Radio Offerings
Press Release
30.08.2011
Enabling more than just music, Fraunhofer MultimediaPlayer software uniquely delivers MPEG Surround and enhanced data services for digital radio. Fraunhofer IIS, the world’s renowned source for audio and multimedia technologies, today announced the availability of the Fraunhofer MultimediaPlayer for digital radio standards Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM30/DRM+) and DAB (DAB Classic/DAB+). The software enables device manufacturers of PC-based receiver solutions and smartphones to seamlessly integrate playback of digital radio programs, as well as the variety of data services offered by digital radio.