Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: SiGe Semiconductor | Subject: SE4120
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 September 2006
GPS receiver chip is ready for Galileo
Galileo-ready receiver will enable the integration of high-accuracy navigation services into portable devices including laptops, PDAs, media players, cellphones and cameras.
SiGe Semiconductor has announced the world's first Galileo-ready receiver for mass market consumer electronics, which will enable the integration of high-accuracy navigation services into portable devices including laptop computers, PDAs, media players, cellphones and cameras Galileo is a new satellite system that will greatly enhance navigation and positioning performance compared with the existing GPS system
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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