Indian Company Manjeera Digital Systems to develop indigenous chipsets for NavIC navigation system
03 Oct 2023 17:03:59
In a significant technological advancement, an Indian company is set to design and manufacture chipsets capable of processing signals from the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) system, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Manjeera Digital Systems is a forerunner in the creation of chipsets capable of receiving and processing NavIC signals.This is the first time an Indian business has designed and manufactured such chipsets.According to Venu Kandadai, the founder and CEO of Manjeera Digital Systems, the modules are now undergoing ISRO certification and are expected to join the market in the first quarter of 2024.
NavIC-enabled smartphones and navigation devices have generally relied on chipsets made by foreign businesses such as Qualcomm Technologies (USA) and Mediatek (Taiwan).This in-house chip creation is a crucial step toward self-sufficiency in a navigation system with strategic applications.
NavIC, also known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, can track accurate geographic locations and user movements across India and up to 1,500 kilometers outside its borders. It provides civilian users with standard position service (SPS) and strategic and military customers with restricted service (RS).The system has a wide range of uses, including vehicle monitoring and weather notifications for fisherman.
The Indian government intends to make NavIC support essential in smartphones and autos, highlighting the system's rising relevance.
Apple has already included NavIC compatibility in its iPhone 15 Pro models, emphasizing its relevance.
Manjeera created a baseband processor chip that makes use of the indigenous Universal Multifunction Accelerator (UMA) processor. This processor is capable of not only receiving and processing NavIC signals, but also of high-performance computing (HPC), including 5G and future 6G services.
Signals from NavIC are compatible with signals from other global navigation satellite systems such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou. According to ISRO, these signals provide outstanding user location precision of more than 20 meters and timing accuracy of more than 20 nanoseconds.
This partnership between the Ministries of Science and Technology and Electronics and Information Technology and Hyderabad-based Manjeera Digital Systems constitutes an important step toward self-sufficiency in satellite navigation technology.
Manjeera Digital Systems is a forerunner in the creation of chipsets capable of receiving and processing NavIC signals.This is the first time an Indian business has designed and manufactured such chipsets.According to Venu Kandadai, the founder and CEO of Manjeera Digital Systems, the modules are now undergoing ISRO certification and are expected to join the market in the first quarter of 2024.
NavIC-enabled smartphones and navigation devices have generally relied on chipsets made by foreign businesses such as Qualcomm Technologies (USA) and Mediatek (Taiwan).This in-house chip creation is a crucial step toward self-sufficiency in a navigation system with strategic applications.
NavIC, also known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, can track accurate geographic locations and user movements across India and up to 1,500 kilometers outside its borders. It provides civilian users with standard position service (SPS) and strategic and military customers with restricted service (RS).The system has a wide range of uses, including vehicle monitoring and weather notifications for fisherman.
The Indian government intends to make NavIC support essential in smartphones and autos, highlighting the system's rising relevance.
Apple has already included NavIC compatibility in its iPhone 15 Pro models, emphasizing its relevance.
Manjeera created a baseband processor chip that makes use of the indigenous Universal Multifunction Accelerator (UMA) processor. This processor is capable of not only receiving and processing NavIC signals, but also of high-performance computing (HPC), including 5G and future 6G services.
Signals from NavIC are compatible with signals from other global navigation satellite systems such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou. According to ISRO, these signals provide outstanding user location precision of more than 20 meters and timing accuracy of more than 20 nanoseconds.