In a quest for ubiquitous GPS deployment, 1C vendors have a multipronged approach to proliferate the technology. Higher integration is lowering the cost of stand-alone receivers and making GPS a viable peripheral, even for PDAs, and a melding of technologies will ultimately yield GPS-enabled cell phones and other consumer devices.
At first glance, you might consider Global Positioning System (GPS)-IC technology to be relatively stagnant, but, truth be told, IC vendors are furiously pursuing long-term plans to horizontally integrate GPS and other functions. Just a few years ago, vendors sold almost all GPS ICs via turnkey modules. Today, even designers that lack RF ...