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| 2008-05-13 |
Galileo satellite sends first signals to Earth |
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Giove-B, the test satellite for Europe's Galileo system, has sent its first navigation signals back to Earth, marking what the European Space Agency called 'a historic step,' showing that Galileo can work alongside the GPS system of the United States |
| 2008-05-08 |
NXP, Siemens co-develop GPS/GSM-based toll system |
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NXP and Siemens Mobility have partnered to develop NXP's new Automotive Telematics On Board Unit Platform into the 'single-chip on-board unit' system based on GPS for use in private vehicles |
| 2008-05-08 |
RFMD restructures, veers away from wireless systems |
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RFMD is reducing its investments in wireless systems, including cellular transceivers and GPS solutions, to focus on core IC component opportunities, including cellular front ends and other components |
| 2008-04-30 |
SoC integrates 12 ICs for smaller, cheaper PNDs |
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SigmaTel has introduced an SoC processor for the portable navigation GPS market that integrates 12 previously-discrete ICs typically found in personal navigation devices |
| 2008-04-22 |
Report: GPS sector to become $1B market in 2012 |
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GPS unit sales will hit $1 billion in 2012, according to the 2008 Semiconductor Applications Report from Future Horizons |
| 2008-04-17 |
GPS faceoff: Garmin nuvi 750 vs. HP iPaq 310 |
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GPS systems are forecasted to be one of the top growth areas for consumer products in 2008, with a number of different manufacturers offering different approaches to a GPS solution but all having relatively similar form |
| 2008-04-08 |
Low-cost devices drive Asia navigation market |
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Lower-priced PNDs and GPS-enabled handsets will help boost the Asian navigation market with total shipments expected to hit 185 million in 2012, according to ABI Research |
| 2008-04-03 |
Board-to-FPC connector fits in low-profile devices |
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Omron Electronic's new series of 0.4mm pitch SMD board-to-FPC connector may be used in low-profile end products such as PDAs, notebook computers, mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, GPS devices and voice recorders |
| 2008-04-02 |
TI loads A-GPS, Bluetooth, ULP, FM on one chip |
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TI is launching at week's CTIA wireless conference the NaviLink 6.0, said to be the first chip to integrate A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 and ULP, as well as FM capability |
| 2008-04-01 |
Re-architecting GPS for mobile phones |
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Existing GPS technologies were designed for in-car personal navigation devices (PNDs), for which power savings are not so important, and as GPS moves into the mobile handset, there is a need to rethink how and where the technology is implemented and how the GPS functions are controlled |
| 2008-03-31 |
South Korea police wants GPS on all phones |
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Due to recent criminal events, the South Korea National Police Agency announced plans to install GPS on all cellphones nationwide while introducing RFID tags |
| 2008-03-19 |
GPS disciplined oscillator consumes very low power |
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Jackson Labs has unveiled its FireFly product, an extremely small OCXO-based GPS disciplined oscillator that meets Stratum-1 requirements with very low-power consumption |
| 2008-03-18 |
Test platform fully supports W-CMDA A-GPS conformance testing |
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Aeroflex has announced that the Aeroflex 6401 AIME A-GPS is the only test platform available that supports the industry-standard TTCN A-GPS protocol test cases as well as the Minimum Performance tests and the OMA SUPL V1.0 conformance tests |
| 2008-03-13 |
Garmin embeds ST processors in navigation products |
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STMicroelectronics' Cartesio automotive-grade application processor SoC with embedded GPS will be implemented inside several products from Garmin, including the company's new n?vi 205 navigation system |
| 2008-03-06 |
GPS modules tailored for synchronization, timing apps |
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Connor-Winfield has developed the TiMax TI125 surface-mount GPS module for use in synchronization and timing applications |
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