Broadcom announces two new system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions with support for GLONASS (the Russian Navigation Satellite System), in addition to GPS, marking the first cost-effective, commercially-available, single die SoC solutions that support both GLONASS and GPS simultaneously.
A $10-million Phase 1 silicon chip production site has been announced for Novosibirsk’s science area of Akademgorodok, Newsib.ru reports. The future market for the new production will reportedly be power electronics, communications and optoelectronics makers in Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk and other Siberian cities.
ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wireless platforms and semiconductors, is launching the world’s smallest receiver to be able to see both GPS and GLONASS positioning satellites, enabling mobile devices to deliver much faster and much more reliable location-based services. Compared to GPS-only solutions, the combination of GLONASS and GPS technology dramatically improves positioning accuracy in …
Asus, a global manufacturer of electronic devices, and the Center of Navigation Technologies (CNT), a Russian developer of the Navitel navigation systems software, have announced their transition to a new, direct relationship. Cooperation between the two companies was previously limited to Garmin-Asus, a joint venture specializing in the production of Nuvifone smartphones featuring a satellite …
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