Fraunhofer IIS

Fraunhofer IIS is a research institute in Germany known for developing advanced audio technologies, including the MP3 audio compression format. Essentially, they create methods to reduce the size of digital audio files without significantly losing sound quality. This allows music, podcasts, and other audio content to be stored and streamed more efficiently over the internet or on devices with limited storage. Fraunhofer IIS’s innovations are widely used in digital media, enabling high-quality audio playback while making file sizes manageable for streaming, downloading, and storage.