Air Semiconductor has supplied its first customers in Japan with
its single-chip GPS receivers.
"This means that the company has met its shipment target for first
samples and," said Air.
“Proving our first product works is a major milestone for the
company,” said Stephen Graham, co-founder and v-p marketing at Air.
“I am really pleased with the initial traction we have in the
digital camera market and supplying working chips on schedule
validates our technology.”
The Airwave-1 chip is an 'Always-On' GPS receiver which runs off
just 1mA while continuously tracking the user’s location and
consequently can also provide instant location updates.
The first customers are digital camera manufacturers who will use
the continuous location to geotag (location-stamp) photographs the
instant they are taken.
According to Tom Arran, GPS analyst at IMS Research, adding
location data tags to digital images is likely to be a growing
application for GPS.
"With the emergence of geotagging we expect GPS to become a common
feature in the camera market with a CAGR of over 100% in the next
five years. The Airwave-1 chip is well positioned to address this
market as it meets the unique GPS design requirements for the
camera environment," said Arran.
Founded in 2006,
Air
is a fabless semiconductor company located in Swindon.