Audio codecs are one of the fundamental building blocks of modern media systems. The first and still most prominent MPEG audio codec is mp3, which first appeared on the market in 1998. Since then, ...

xHE-AAC is the latest Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) technology, and is available to all licensees of the AAC patent pool administered by Via Licensing Alliance. It was developed by MPEG Audio (ISO/IEC ...

Tensilica Becomes First Processor IP Company to Support MPEG-4 AAC-LC and aacPlus Multi-Channel Decoders for 7.1 Surround Sound SANTA CLARA, Calif. –March 13, 2008 – Tensilica, Inc. has become the ...

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, is pleased to announce the extension of its AAC family software license agreement with Google.

A variety of audio compression technologies are being used today, each having a distinct advantage over the other in terms of compression ratio, coding delay, coding complexity or legacy system ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- March 13, 2008-- Tensilica®, Inc. has become the first processor IP (intellectual property) company to announce the approval and availability of MPEG-4 AAC-LC, aacPlusâ„¢ v1, and ...