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News Release from: SiGe Semiconductor | Subject: SE8088L
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2006
Positioning system finds home in PND
design
The s SE8088L high-performance positioning system features in a reference platform that provides a cost-effective and fast route to designing feature-rich GPS-enabled multimedia devices.
NeoMagic Corp, NordNav and SiGe Semiconductor have unveiled a reference platform that provides manufacturers with a cost-effective and fast route to designing feature-rich, GPS-enabled multimedia mobile handsets and personal navigation devices (PNDs) The reference platform includes NeoMagic's MiMagic 6+ applications processor, NordNav's cost-effective E5500 GPS software and SiGe Semiconductor's SE8088L high-performance positioning system
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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SiGe's SE8088L positioning system and NordNav's E5500 GPS software together provide measurements and navigation information for complete GPS system implementation.
This new mobile GPS solution will be demonstrated at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona from 13th to 16th February 2006, at the NeoMagic stand D152 Hall 1, SiGe Semiconductor booth D82 Hall 1, and NordNav booth G81 Hall 2.
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"The major challenge facing handset and PND manufacturers is increased feature integration without compromising size, cost or battery life", said Nadeem Rahman, Director of Product Marketing at NeoMagic.
"The combination of our technologies offers a low cost, small footprint GPS solution for GSM handset and PND manufacturers".
"In addition to GPS, the MiMagic 6+ processor enables many multimedia features including Digital Mobile TV, VoIP, Audio/Video, Camcorder, Camera, and 3D gaming running on a single chip".
"Thus, providing a path to many rich features with significant savings of cost, footprint and power".
Mobile handsets and personal navigation devices based on the new reference platform will be capable of continuous real-time measurements at signal levels below -185dBW, and position information on demand in even the most challenging environments.
SiGe's SE8088L enhances performance with integrated features that minimise interference with the colocated cellular radio.
Power control features are also integrated to minimise current consumption for longer battery life.
"The SE8088L was designed specifically to address the requirements of next-generation mobile handsets", said Stuart Strickland, Product Line Director, SiGe Semiconductor.
"We are pleased with how the MiMagic 6+ processor and our offering of the SE8088L combined with NordNav's E5500 GPS software exploit these features to deliver high performance GPS capability while still meeting the requirements for shrinking form factors and power budgets".
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