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| 2009-07-30 |
Processor packs GPS for in-car navigation systems |
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STMicroelectronics NV has developed an application processor with an embedded GPS for next generation in-car and portable navigation systems |
| 2009-07-07 |
GPS receiver touts 30ns timing accuracy |
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High-performance, low-power, precision timing GPS module achieves 30ns (1-sigma) timing accuracy |
| 2009-07-03 |
Antenna touts higher efficiency in small form |
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Yageo Corp. has announced the 1044 SMD LP patch antenna that is half the size of traditional chip computers, yet achieves 80 percent better efficiency for GPS applications in personal navigation devices, smart phones and notebooks |
| 2009-06-25 |
Simulation toolkit eases GPS receiver testing |
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The NI GPS Simulation Toolkit 1.5 for LabVIEW is an extension of the graphical system design environment that expands the NI RF PXI platform to provide engineers a cost-efficient, high-performance solution for GPS receiver testing that exceeds the capabilities of traditional box instruments |
| 2009-06-17 |
Analysis: SiRF's ticket to survival |
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SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. is not in a good place. The GPS chip supplier faces a declining market for PNDs; increasingly tougher competition for design-wins in mobile handsets; and on-going legal entanglements with Global Locate |
| 2009-06-11 |
u-blox gets China handsets GPS-enabled |
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China mobile phone solutions provider Gionee Communications has selected u-blox's GPS receiver chip for their new series of GPS-enabled feature phones |
| 2009-06-04 |
MEMS find place GPS, mobile apps |
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MEMS sensors are increasingly being integrated into phones, MP3 players, GPS units, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), portable medical scanners and all sorts of greentech products |
| 2009-06-02 |
Power modules fit solar, UPS systems |
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Power, GPS and hybrid modules provider Vincotech has released of two new product families featuring 3-level topologies dedicated to solar inverter and UPS applications |
| 2009-05-26 |
GPS solution tailored for outdoor navigation apps |
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MediaTek Inc. has announced that its MT3329 advanced single-chip all-in-one GPS solution has been integrated in the Garmin GPSMAP 60 series of outdoor navigators |
| 2009-05-20 |
ST revenues up in flat car infotainment market |
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Defying a flat year for the global automotive infotainment semiconductor market, STMicroelectronics NV achieved double-digit revenue growth in 2008 due in part to the success of its Cartesio product, a combined media processor and GPS baseband chip, according to iSuppli Corp |
| 2009-05-04 |
Mobile computing, CE apps propel GPS growth |
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Although mobile handset are set continue to dominate shipments of devices with integrated GPS, the next growth spurt will come from mobile consumer electronics (CE) and mobile computing applications, according to a new In-Stat report |
| 2009-04-17 |
Report: Another China GPS satellite takes off |
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China's space administration has announced the launch of its navigational satellite, the second in a series of up to 30 orbiters to comprise a GPS network, according to the AFP report |
| 2009-04-13 |
Embedded GPS receiver targets timing apps |
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Trimble has introduced an embedded GPS receiver for timing applications. The Resolution-SMT GPS receiver enables system integrators to add precise GPS to provide location, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and synchronization to many products or systems where cost or size had previously been a limitation |
| 2009-03-26 |
Solution supports CTIA A-GPS over the air test |
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The combined offering of Spirent's A-GPS instrumentation and ETS-Lindgren's OTA test facilities, antennas, and EMQuest software allows wireless device manufacturers to test their products in compliance with the upcoming 3.0 release of the CTIA's test plan for mobile station OTA performance |
| 2009-03-20 |
GPS IC year-on-year growth rate slackens |
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Shipments of GPS semiconductors will increase 15 percent on a unit basis in 2009 compared with the previous year. This growth rate is lower than the year-on-year growth experienced in 2007 and 2008, according to ABI Research |
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