Fraunhofer IIS Becomes Tensilica Authorised Design Centre Partner

Fraunhofer IIS is a valuable design centre partner because of their domain knowledge and focus in audio signal processing technology and receiver and broadcasting systems, stated Larry Przywara, Tensilica's senior director of multimedia marketing. In particular, Fraunhofer has deep expertise in digital radio systems including DRM, DAB, Satellite Radio and DVB-SH, as well as audio coding standards development including MP3, AAC and related MPEG codecs and post processing algorithms.

We look forward to working closely with Tensilica and the wide customer base using Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSPs, especially for home entertainment, automotive and mobile multimedia, stated Marc Gayer, head of Embedded Audio at Fraunhofer IIS. Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP architecture is extremely efficient with industry best area and power requirements.