Date: 11/10/2008

Radio IC with GPS RF front end and bluetooth 2.1 + EDR controller

SiRF Technology has launched the SiRFlinkIII combination radio IC. This single-chip solution combines GPS RF front end and a complete bluetooth 2.1 + EDR controller.

The feature include,

1. Designed to drive its on-chip bluetooth radio at full class 2.0 power while providing high GPS sensitivity.

2. The chip is pre-integrated with the SiRF-atlas and SiRF-prima multifunction SoC platforms, enabling it to include features for bluetooth operation in portable navigation devices.

3. The pre-integrated bluetooth profiles in this Single-Die Solution provides high level of noise and echo cancellation for superior voice performance

4. Is available with popular bluetooth profiles such as HFP, A2DP, DUN and others from leading bluetooth profile vendors.

5. Bluetooth functionality operates over a standard HCI (UART) interface with existing bluetooth profiles and applications.

Availability: The IC is sampling to lead customers now, with full production volumes by the end of 2008

For more details visit: http://www.sirf.com