- SiRF
Infobox_Company
company_name = SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.
company_
company_type = Public
(nasdaq|SIRF)
foundation =1995
location_city =San Jose, California
location_country = US
key_people =Diosdado P. Banatao ,Kanwar Chadha ,
products =GPS navigation software
GPS navigation device s
homepage = [http://www.sirf.com www.sirf.com]
industry =ICT / Electronics
num_employees =
revenue = profit33.0% US$ 329.4 Million ("2007")cite web |url=http://www.sirf.com/PressRoom/Press.aspx?PressId=83 |title=SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2007 |publisher=SiRF |accessdate=2008-07-10]
slogan =SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. (nasdaq|SIRF) is a publicly traded company that manufactures a range of patented
GPS chipsets and software for consumer navigation devices and systems. The chips are based on ARM controllers integrated with low-noise radio receivers to decode GPS signals at very low signal levels (typically -160dBm).SiRF chips also support
SBAS to allow for differentially corrected positions.SiRFstar III architecture is designed to be useful in wireless and handheldlocation-based services (LBS) applications, for 2G, 2.5G, 3G asynchronous networks.The SiRFstarIII family is comprised of the GRF3w RF IC, the GSP3f digital section, and the GSW3 software that is API compatible with GSW2 and SiRFLoc. The chips have been adopted by major GPS manufacturers, including Sony, Garmin, TomTom and Magellan.
A pioneer in the commercial use of GPS for consumer applications, the company was founded in 1995 and has its headquarters in
San Jose, California .References
External links
* [http://www.sirf.com/ SiRF] - website
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