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Precursors
Japan releases digital recordings, and then gives us the Walkman. -
Karlheinz Brandenburg
Mr. Brandenburg begins attempts to compress music. -
Development
The Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen, a part of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft research organization in Germany, was where Professor Dieter Seitzer of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg followed the guidance of Karlheinz Brandenburg to create MP technology. -
Patent
MP1 technology receives a German patent. -
The Brink
The completion of the project almost missed the deadline when a compiler error was found in the encoding two days before the submission of the project was due. -
Out to the World
MP1 technology was released to the general public. -
Sequel
MP2 was under construction. -
Here it is Again!
MP2 debuted to the public. -
Patents Galore
MP3MP3 receives it's individual patent, then the technology of MP in general is patented in the U.S. -
Duo
Mp and Windows become a partnership and MP begins actually enforcing it's copyrights. -
Advances
SubPop, a record company, offers music in MP3 format, and then the MP3 became portable later that same year. -
Integration
More people were buying MPs as part of a phone than as an individual device. -
i
iPhones and iPod TouchesiPhones and iPod Touches come out with MP3 technology featured in a more advanced system.
