Swiss chip manufacturer U-blox cooperates with Bosch and Mitsubishi
The Swiss chip manufacturer U-blox has found well-known partners: The Zurich-based group is setting up a joint venture with Bosch and two other companies.
The Swiss chip manufacturer U-blox, together with the companies Bosch, Geo++ and Mitsubishi Electric, is founding the joint venture Sapcorda Services. This is intended to provide high-precision positioning services for mass markets.
Optimization of a navigation system
The four companies recognized that existing solutions for so-called Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning services do not meet the needs of rapidly evolving mass GNSS markets that require high precision.
The joint venture will provide globally available GNSS positioning services via Internet and satellite transmission and will enable centimetre-level accuracy for GNSS.
Leverage the Internet of Things from IBM
IoT ecosystems are complex, and this complexity makes it difficult for companies to achieve real business benefits from IoT. To break through this complexity, especially in the "Internet of Things that Really Matter", u-blox has combined its robust cellular, short-range radio and positioning products with IBM's deep data analytics tools and management capabilities in the IBM Bluemix cloud platform. Bluemix combined.
Product for drones and robot cars
Sapcorda (Safe And Precise Correction Data) is intended to serve high-volume markets in the automotive, industrial and consumer goods sectors. The solutions are used in self-driving cars, for example, where localization on the road with centimeter accuracy is required, as a U-blox spokeswoman explained in response to a query from the sda news agency. The services are also used in agricultural machinery, commercial drones and toys.
Thalwil-based semiconductor manufacturer U-blox produces solutions that enable people, vehicles and machines to locate their exact position and communicate wirelessly. The company says it employs around 750 people in 18 countries. (Source: sda)
