U-blox

Infobox Company
name = u-blox Holding AG

type = Public Company
ISIN = CH0033361673
foundation = 1997
location_city = Thalwil
location_country = Switzerland
key_people = Thomas Seiler
(CEO)
Fritz Fahrni
(Chairman of the Board)
num_employees = 73 (2007)
revenue = 78,4 Mio. CHF (2007)
industry = Semiconductor positioning solutions provider
products = GPS and GALILEO technology, chips, modules and services
homepage = [http://www.u-blox.com/ www.u-blox.com]

u-blox is a fabless semiconductor positioning solutions provider for the automotive, mobile communications and infrastructure markets.

u-blox develops chips and complete modules based on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) including GPS and GALILEO. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Switzerland, the u-blox group is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange and has offices in the USA, in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

u-blox' product offering comprises [http://www.u-blox.com/products/u5chips.html GPS chips] , [http://www.u-blox.com/products/u5modules.html GPS modules] and [http://www.u-blox.com/services/index.html A-GPS] services. The company's fifth generation positioning engine, [http://www.u-blox.com/products/u5products.html u-blox 5] , simultaneously tracks GPS, GALILEO, WAAS, EGNOS and MSAS signals for improved coverage, positioning accuracy, reliability and availability. u-blox products support [http://www.u-blox.com/products/u5products.html AssistNow] A-GPS services for faster acquisition performance of [http://www.u-blox.com/services/assistnow_online.html online] and [http://www.u-blox.com/services/assistnow_offline.html offline] applications and come with built-in technologies such as:

* [http://www.u-blox.com/technology/dead_reckoning/index.html Dead reckoning] for automotive applications, ensuring road coverage in tunnels and underground parking lots.
* [http://www.u-blox.com/technology/supersense.html SuperSense] Indoor GPS technology for (-160 dBm) weak signal tracking in challenging environments like urban canyons.
* [http://www.u-blox.com/technology/kickstart.html KickStart] accelerated weak signal acquisition technology for mobile applications with small antennas.
* [http://www.u-blox.com/technology/timing.html Precision timing] GPS technology for network synchronization of base stations and WiMAX femtocells.

u-blox GPS chips and GPS modules are used by major automotive, asset tracking and mobile device manufacturers worldwide.

External links

* [http://www.u-blox.com u-blox AG]
* [http://www.greatproject.org GREAT project]