Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson Introduce MP3 Surround Hardware Player.BERLIN -- At the Popkomm 2005, engineers of Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. , in partnership with Thomson, present an MP3 Surround MP3 Surround is a type of MP3 that supports 5.1 channels of audio. It was developed by Fraunhofer IIS in collaboration with Agere Systems and released in December 2004. MP3 Surround is backward compatible with standard MP3. hardware player. The decoder, in this case based on ARM chip design, can be implemented into a wide range of home entertainment products including home theater receivers, DVD players and portable audio players. "The ARM powered MP3 Surround hardware player, developed at Fraunhofer IIS, represents another piece of a puzzle in the new format's development and gives a clear view on upcoming MP3 Surround consumer electronic devices", comments Harald Popp, head of the Multimedia Realtime Systems department at Fraunhofer IIS. Henri Linde, Vice President Intellectual Property and Licensing Unit for Thomson, is also optimistic: "With the growing popularity of home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. systems, consumers are getting accustomed to experiencing their home entertainment in multi-channel surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. . We are excited to showcase the benefits of MP3 Surround with this hardware implementation, which paves the way for further product developments by our licensees." Fraunhofer IIS has worked with Thomson's Intellectual Property and Licensing unit to offer optimized MP3 Surround decoder software for all popular processor platforms such as ARM, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. , Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and many more. The technology enables 5.1 channel surround-quality sound for web-based music distribution, broadcasting systems, PC-related audiovisual or gaming applications, consumer electronics and automotive systems. Free demo software has been available for download and consumer use since the initial launch. Earlier this year, DivX announced MP3 Surround support in future releases of their video codec. Last week, MAGIX presented the first MP3 Surround software product targeting a broad consumer group at the IFA Immunofluorescent assay (IFA) A blood test sometimes used to confirm ELISA results instead of using the Western blotting. In an IFA test, HIV antigen is mixed with a fluorescent compound and then with a sample of the patient's blood. in Berlin. With "MAGIX music maker 2006 deLuxe" music can be created and arranged in MP3 Surround. MP3 Surround supports high-quality, multi-channel sound at bit rates comparable to those currently used to encode stereo MP3 material, resulting in files half the size of common compressed surround formats. MP3 Surround was devel-oped by Fraunhofer IIS in collaboration with Agere Systems, introduced in December 2004 and is licensed by Thomson, co-inventors of the MP3 codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, . MP3 and MP3 Surround patent and software licensing is handled by Thomson at www.mp3licensing.com. For more information regarding MP3 Surround technology and songs, please visit www.mp3surround.com Visit Fraunhofer IIS at Popkomm in Berlin 14-16 September 2005, Hall 18, Booth 142. |
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