Developing and marketing a GPS chip, chipset or module is a daunting task. In today’s market, that not only means finding out what is available on the market but all the different hardware, firmware and IP core components that are required to build your design. There are easily over 50 companies that provide GPS IP cores, GPS chips,GPS firmware and GPS development systems. Which ones to select to build your module , prototype or ASIC is a decision in itself. One question is whether to utilize standard off-the-shelf GPS chips or an FPGA chip or an ASIC chip. ASIC and FPGA vendors often are a valid part of the solution. Many ASIC and FPGA vendors have GPS development kits that allow the quick development of GPS chips and modules.
The other questions that come to mind are market size, the latest GPS technology, , and where to find the talent to design and market those GPS products. Regardless, the first and never ending steps are to evaluate your design and market options, develop a complete understanding of the market, the technilogy and find out who will in the end be your customers. Many GPS developers already have a customer in place. It could be an existing customer or a contracted design. In many cases they do not.
Find at the link below, over 50 GPS chip, IP core and GPS development system companies. This is yours and the StatisticsMatrix’s starting place. These companies are the GPS companies that the StatisticsMatrix monitors. These and other GPS companies and details about their products and operations are included in the GPS Subject Matter Expert Database. The list is not all inclusive. Some will come and go as the StatisticsMatrix continues it research and review of patents, companies, news outlets, web sites, trade press conferences, financial reports, vendor directories and more. More so, more details will be added about these companies as the StatisticMatrix talks with company staff and those involved with the marketing and development of GPS products.
Subject Matter Expert Databases are another essential element for the continued development of GPS products. Markets change, companies get acquired, new products get introduced while others are discontinued. That is why the StatisticsMatrix continually updates its GPS Subject Matter Expert Database. Market research reports and design reports are helpful, but for the most part, by the time they are completed and ready for publication, the market has changed, and often dramatically. Subject matter expert databases and the experts that compile never go out of date and that is because its contents can be updated on a daily, or even hourly basis. As well, subject matter experts that you can talk to, can add valuable insights that are often not in print or in the database as of yet.
StatisticsMatrix GPS Chip, IP Core and Development System Companies (First Round Pass)
Altair Semiconductor
BAE Systems
Broadcom Inc.
Central Electronics Limited
Creonic
Elena Geo Systems
ESINO
Furuno
GNSS IP
Hemisphere GNSS
Integre
Intel Corporation
Isecuro
Market GPS
Maxim Integrated
Mediatek Inc.
NovAtel Inc.
NTLab
oneNav
OriginGPS Ltd.
Qualcomm Technologies Inc.
Quectel Wireless Solutions Co. Ltd
RF Integrations
Road Point India
Safran
Shenzhen Dragon Bridge Technology Co. Ltd
Shenzhen Eelink Communication Technology Co. Ltd.
Shenzhen Zhonghe Electronic Co. Ldt.
SiGe Semiconductor
SkyTraq Technology Inc.
Skyworks Solutions Inc.
Sony Group Corporation
SparkFun Electronics
SPK Electronics
STMicroelectronics NV
Synaptics
ThinkRace Technology
Trimble Inc.
U-blox Holdings AG
Unictron Technologies Corporation.
VLSI Solution Oy
Xilinx
