Press Releases 2010

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS joins the iVDR (Information Versatile Device for Removable usage) Consortium as the first non-profit organization member in order to be able to use standardized technology in the development of new components for broadcasting and digital cinema systems.

Fraunhofer IIS, the leading innovator of technologies for audio and multimedia products, is delivering the industry’s true one-stop shop for terrestrial and satellitebased digital radio systems.

New TI software defined radio for Digital Audio Broadcasting DAB to reduce design time and overall cost for automobile radio manufacturers.

Fraunhofer IIS and Total Traffic Network Partner to Deliver Text-Based News Information Using Journaline® over Digital Broadcasting Systems to U.S. Mobile Devices for the First Time Ever.

Systematic Evacuation: Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, major fires – large-scale disasters can have numerous causes. The first and foremost priority of relief activities, however, is always the protection and rescue of people. The research pro­ject REPCA and the awiloc™ technology of Fraunhofer IIS are the starting point to bring people affected to safety faster and more efficiently.

Fraunhofer IIS is to introduce a broad range of MPEG audio codecs such as MPEG-4 HE-AAC v2 and MPEG Surround, suitable for implementation on Android-based mobile phones at the 2010 Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, February, 15-18). These efficient implementations of state-of-the-art MPEG audio technologies complete the software portfolio of Fraunhofer IIS, a reliable supplier of ready-to-run-software with more than 20 years of experience in the development and implementation of MPEG audio codecs.

At the Mobile World Congress show, Fraunhofer IIS demonstrates mobile phone calls in stereo CD quality over a 4G cellular network. For the first time, telephone conversations sound as clear and natural as if talking to someone in the same room.