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STMicroelectronics Announces its Automotive Navigation System-on-Chip Processor To Be Used in Range of Garmin Products
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| 10 March 2008 |
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STMicroelectronics announced that its Cartesio automotive-grade application processor System-on-Chip (SoC) with embedded GPS for navigation and telematics is to be implemented inside several products from Garmin. Among the world leaders in portable navigation products, Garmin is to integrate the ST Cartesio processor in a range of navigation systems, including the new nüvi 205.
According to ST, leading PND makers have begun to design products that use System-on-Chip solutions that combine host processing capability with GPS functionality, rather than implement the processor and GPS as discrete functions. This approach, which improves function and reliability, is increasingly gaining penetration in the portable navigation market, and is expected to be used in more than 40 percent of all the PNDs shipped in 2008, with even faster growth expected in 2009 and 2010.
The new Cartesio processor addresses a large variety of applications in the automotive segment, including OEM and portable navigation devices, vehicle tracking systems, electronic fee collection, and advanced car radio.
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