The SoC GNSS Receiver IC’s enables a broad range of feature-rich GNSS positioning and timing solutions
Accord Software and Systems Pvt. Ltd announced the volume production of its new line of SoC GNSS receiver IC’s, the AST-500 “Kaveri” series manufactured with the leading semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries (GF). The AST-500 “Kaveri” series is the Accord’s first make in India GNSS Baseband SOC, fully compatible with the Indian satellite constellation NavIC.
Advanced features of Kaveri series of SoC GNSS Receiver IC’s
Fabricated by GF, the AST-500 “Kaveri” series of System on Chip GNSS receiver IC’s, enables a broad range of feature-rich GNSS positioning and timing solutions. The advanced multi-constellation, multi-frequency GNSS engine leverages the Power-Performance-Area (PPA) benefits of the low-power, high-density semiconductor process technology, delivering contemporary GNSS performance in sensitivity, accuracy, Time to First Fix (TTFF) and interference/multipath mitigation.
The SoC’s constitute an advanced multi-constellation GNSS engine as well as a low-power computing platform, along with high-speed internal RAM and a wide range of industry standard peripherals such as CAN 2.0, SPI, QSPI, I2C, and UART, facilitating development of location centric applications with no additional components.
Applications of Kaveri series
The SoC GNSS Receiver IC’s enable Accord’s own next-generation GNSS receiver products, as well as OEM customers designing high-performance GNSS receivers into their products. In particular, products for the Indian markets can leverage NavIC, India’s regional GNSS satellite constellation, for applications including public transportation, passenger safety, emergency services, highway toll collection, traffic monitoring, logistics, delivery, timing synchronization, and supply-chain.
Support from the foundry
With over 30 years of technology development and solutions expertise in the GNSS area, Accord was looking to enhance their legacy AST-200 series of GNSS IC’s by implementing their advanced multi-GNSS receiver technology in very low power and small footprint silicon.
“We were faced with a choice of semiconductor manufacturers and we are very happy with our decision to go with GlobalFoundries. Accord especially appreciates the close support that we received from GF in taking our designs through the MPW, qualification, and volume production stages.” said Murali Krishna S., Accord CEO.
Products by India companies
“We are pleased to see companies such as Accord bring their own custom designed IC’s to the market,” said Michael J. Cadigan, Senior Vice President at GlobalFoundries, who was recently in Bengaluru on a business visit. “The world knows India – and Bengaluru in particular – for their engineering talent. Now we are seeing initiatives to promote high-technology products by Indian companies, and GlobalFoundries is happy to support companies such as Accord to offer differentiated semiconductor solutions – for India and the world,” he added.
Jitendra Chaddah “JC”, India Country Head, GlobalFoundries, noted: “GlobalFoundries has the largest semiconductor manufacturing services presence in the country. In India, we are focused on Technology Development, Technology Enablement, IP Design, Business Enablement and Fab Operations providing support for our manufacturing facilities in Germany, Singapore and the USA. In addition, GF India is committed to support fabless semi companies and start-ups to succeed in delivering solutions using differentiated technologies from GF. I congratulate the Accord team for bringing out their innovation and am excited about their continued partnership with GF for local & global customer needs.”
