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SiRFStarIV Will Give Mobiles And Cameras GPS For Real

10:26PM July 28, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

We don’t usually go on about chips, but after years of selling the same hugely popular (but power hungry) SiRFStarIII GPS chip, SiRF launched a new chip platform acknowledging that mobile phones now rule the GPS business. More »


SiRF, King of GPS Chips, Acquired By Multifunction Chip Maker CSR: Is Standalone GPS Dying?

10:00AM February 12, 2009 | Brian Lam

CSR Who? CSR specialises in Bluetooth and multiple connection options on a single chip. Maybe this makes sense because connected, location-aware phones like the Android and iPhone and Nuvifone are killing the standalone GPS.

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