The single-chip solution has a complete GPS navigation solution and a Bluetooth 1.2 compliant communication interface. The solution leverages the RF IC design capabilities of Sweden-based Kisel ...

While [Selim Olcer] was relatively happy with his Kenwood TM-D710a radio, he didn’t like the fact that it needed a bulky external GPS “backpack” for APRS location data. So he deci… ...

Stuffing Bluetooth, GPS and GSM into a handheld product is asking for trouble, but one company's making a chip that does it all. Written by Rupert Goodwins, Contributor March 22, 2002, 1:00 p.m. PT ...

The chip should knock around £20 off the parts cost of a multifunction device that uses all three services, said the company, effectively making one of the functions free to the designer.

Fujtisu’s latest Bluetooth effort targets the hands-free cellular phone segment as well as other wireless applications with its MB86C00 and MBG011 baseband ICs that comply with the Bluetooth v.1.1 ...

Fujitsu rolls Bluetooth, GPS chipsNews from E-InSite Continuing to try to shed its image of just a maker of memory and system-on-a-chip (SoC) parts, Fujitsu Microelectronics America has introduced a ...

UK-based Bluetooth chip specialist CSR has acquired two location specialists for an initial $75m and is pledging to reduce the cost of its GPS chipset to under $1. CSR is paying $40m for Sweden’s ...

Built 70% smaller than its predecessor, the ROK104001 Bluetooth multi-chip module has been developed to speed time-to-market by enabling designers to quickly implement qualified ...

Oki's Bluetooth chip set is being sold for less than $15 per set in volume quantities. The module will be available in September at a price under $35 in volume quantities. Despite a slow start in the ...

A new GPS + IRNSS module is being developed by Indian firm Ramakrishna Electro Component (REC) in partnership with STMicroelectronics and Shanghai Mobiletek, according to press reports. The module ...