SiRF
SiRF is a market and technology leader in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of GPS chipsets. Their customers cut across all market segments of GPS-enabled devices - from portable navigation (TomTom, Magellan, Mio) to mobile phones (Motorola, HTC, Blackberry). SiRF sets the standard against which most other GPS receivers and chipsets are measured.
SiRF is a pragmatic innovator. They recognized that no location technology is perfect and that the laws of physics dictate the performance limitations of GPS in certain physical environments. They also recognized the rapid expansion of Wi-Fi availability and the continued roll-out of huge numbers of Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Skyhook offered a solution to help them both solve a problem and catch a wave of new market opportunities.
After extensive side-by-side field testing, SiRF chose Skyhook to power its new hybrid GPS/Wi-Fi location platform. Now, mobile phone and personal navigation device manufacturers can seamlessly deploy a single, integrated positioning solution that uses the best location technology for the right environment at the time of use. The result is quick and accurate positioning no matter what the use case.
As more and more devices offer converged technologies on the same platform, the SiRF-Skyhook solution will be there to deliver always available and accurate positioning.