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Fraunhofer IIS at Satellite Asia 2026 in Singapore, Hall 4, German Pavilion
Events & Tradeshows

Meet Fraunhofer IIS at Satellite Asia: Where Space Innovation Meets Efficient Media Codecs

Meet us in Singapore from May 20 – 22 and explore our ultra‑efficient AI‑based codecs for audio and media. We will also showcase xHE AAC for audio streaming and JPEG XS for video transmission over IP. Our solutions are designed to perform where bandwidth is limited and latency matters most.

April 15, 2026
Events & TradeshowsProducts & Technologies

NAB 2019: Fraunhofer’s xHE-AAC in the limelight

xHE-AAC and MPEG-D DRC were substantially developed by Fraunhofer IIS and are natively supported in the latest generation (version 9) of the Android mobile operating system, “Pie”. Fraunhofer provides Android 9 Pie’s default xHE-AAC implementation, available as part of the FDK2 AAC Codec Library for Android. The Android 9 Pie rollout is proceeding faster on average than previous versions of...