Fraunhofer Audio Blog

Fraunhofer IIS ELMOD-2.7B local LLM
Products & Technologies

ELMOD-2.7B: A German LLM for Resource-Constrained Environments

With the “Efficient Language Model for On-Device Deployment” (ELMOD-2.7B), Fraunhofer IIS is releasing a compact large language model (LLM) optimized for German, specifically designed for use in resource-constrained environments. Now available on open-source platform Hugging Face, it addresses key challenges such as infrastructure cost, cloud dependency, and data privacy.

July 27, 2026
© Fraunhofer IIS
Products & Technologies

MPEG-H Audio in a Nutshell

Notice: Starting the video transfers usage data to youtube. MPEG-H Audio is the first next-generation audio system used in a regular terrestrial 4K TV service and has been on the air 24/7 in South Korea since the launch of its UHDTV system in May 2017. As well as providing immersive sound, MPEG-H Audio enables the viewer to personalize a program’s audio mix. In terms of content delivery and playback, MPEG-H’s universal delivery concept ensures the best sound, regardless of the...

Products & Technologies

DRM’s Progress in India

The transition from legacy analog broadcasts to digital radio for the nationwide radio network in the former AM bands is seamless, as AIR is updating the existing transmitter infrastructure while offering analogue-digital simulcast services at the same time. Most recently, the digital encoders themselves have been upgraded with DRM’s mandatory audio codec xHE-AAC and were re-located to the studio...

Events & Tradeshows

Fraunhofer IIS to Present Several CES Debuts

At CES 2019, which takes place in Las Vegas from January 8 to 11, 2019, Fraunhofer IIS will present its latest developments in audio and media technologies, including a series of CES debuts: the first commercially available MPEG-H-enabled 3D soundbars, Sonamic Loudness for car stereos, the xHE-AAC audio codec natively supported in Android, and upHear Voice Quality Enhancement for improved speech recognition on smart devices. CES visitors can experience these technologies and more at...