Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
EMMY® Award for JPEG XS
Fraunhofer IIS receives EMMY® Award for its high-quality, low-latency video codec
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Drive 4.0: The future of drive technology – resilient, sustainable, digital!
The demand for eco-friendly drive solutions is growing. With the “Reallabor: Antrieb 4.0” project, we’re building a smart service platform that connects the physical and digital worlds. By leveraging a federated data space and cutting-edge use cases, we are creating an interoperable environment that boosts efficiency while delivering both ecological and economic value across the industrial landscape.
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Phenotyping
Around the world, many types of plants – such as potatoes, wheat, rice or cassava – are struggling to adjust to the changing climate. In order to come up with an adequate response to changing conditions, we analyze how different plant varieties react to these environmental influences.
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Chiplets for the semiconductor industry of the future
Demands on microchip performance, such as for AI applications, are constantly increasing, along with the pressure for those microchips to remain cost-effective. With conventional chip design currently reaching its limits, chiplets promise a viable solution for the future.
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Autarke mioty®-Basisstation für den Einsatz in der Landwirtschaft
mioty – the innovative LPWAN technology
mioty stands out for its reliable data transmission, interference-resistant robustness, energy-efficient operation, scalable sensor networks, and simultaneous sending/receiving. Test the new generation of LPWANs for your applications in smart metering, smart farming, or lone worker protection tasks.
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SENNA – Spiking Neural Network Inference Accelerator
The Processor that Powers AI with spikes
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Bavarian Chip-Design-Center (BCDC)
The Bavarian Chip Design Center strengthens chip design capabilities across Bavaria and facilitates access to chip design and supply chains for companies. It develops IP portfolios, promotes talent with targeted trainee programs and further training, and provides access to its own ICs as prototypes and small series.
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AI-based audio signal processing
By leveraging advanced AI-based methods, the current, 5th generation of codecs achieves ultra-low bit rates, around 1 kbit/s, for voice signals and can be used, for example, for cellular satellite communication.
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Where research becomes application: We use our internationally recognized expertise and technologically leading cutting-edge research to develop industry-focused system solutions for your specific requirements.
Our developments, created with passion and original approaches, set global standards, accelerate progress, and open up new market opportunities for you. Find out how we are shaping the future collaboratively and with a strong will to succeed—for your success and an innovative society.
Artificial intelligence is shaping our research
The use of artificial intelligence methods is currently leading to a paradigm shift in applied research.
Ideas and solutions that were previously considered inconceivable can now be implemented. The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, with its decades of expertise in the field of artificial intelligence, is in an excellent position to help shape the future of this development. Visit our website to gain insights into the control centers of neuromorphic hardware on our website, discover the advantages of explainable AI, and learn how Edge AI is helping Europe achieve data sovereignty. Let’s collaborate across the entire spectrum of our AI technologies.