Building on the industry's first single-chip GPS LSI, Sony Electronics has announced the availability of its next-generation dedicated 1-chip GPS CMOS IC, which offers improved performance and ...

Silicon vendor Atheros Communications has agreed to acquire u-Nav Microelectronics, a GPS (Global Positioning System) chip maker, for approximately $54 million in cash and stock, the companies ...

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Chipmaker Broadcom Corporation said it was possible for the firm to become involved in producing combined Bluetooth and GPS (global positioning system) technologies.

When the Enhanced 911 (E911) mandate was put into place by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), both carriers and device makers fought to cost effectively implement a service that seemed to ...

Ever wonder how that GPS chip in your cell phone or personal navigation device or some other gizmo used by your field workers actually knows how to find the orbiting satellites and grab their ...