Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies DMT

Fraunhofer’s audio coding business is the primary developer of MP3 and AAC and is the authoritative source of many standardized audio and video codecs, including HE-AAC v2, MPEG Surround, AAC Enhanced Low Delay, Extended HE-AAC, and related headphone, automotive, and surround technologies. Our products are key enabling technologies in new media, electronic music distribution, and television and radio broadcasting. AAC is the audio codec of the iPhone and iPad, the surround sound codec of Google Play movies and Android, and the audio codec for at least half the world’s digital TV. Fraunhofer codecs are estimated to be in six billion devices. More than 1,000 companies have licensed our product-ready audio software. Our San Jose office, Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies, promotes and supports these products to our U.S. customers such as Apple and Google, as well as broadcasting, communications, and other consumer electronics companies.