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Satellite System (GNSS) broadly
in its product portfolios. While
Qualcomm Technologies began
implementing hardware support for
Galileo several years ago in select
chipsets, this announcement signals
the mobile industry’s first pervasive,
end-to-end location-services
platform for smartphone, computing,
infotainment, telematics, and IoT
applications.
With these optimized software
enhancements, the Qualcomm®
IZat™ location services platform
now utilizes up to six satellite
constellations concurrently without
incremental device hardware or cost.
Users now benefit frommore than 80
different satellites when calculating
global position for navigation
or location-based applications.
The addition of another GNSS is
intended to provide more accurate
location performance faster time-to-
first-fix, and improved robustness
all over the world, particularly in
challenging urban environments
where the combination of narrow
streets and tall buildings can reduce
accuracy.
“Accurate, reliable, and rapid
position location is an important part
of the mobile experience,” said Alex
Katouzian, senior vice president,
product management, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. “Qualcomm
Technologies is helping to improve
consumers’ experiences with
location-based services by adding
Galileo support to our IZat location
platform and deploying it broadly
across our modem and application
processor portfolios.”
This feature is integrated in the
latest Qualcomm® Snapdragon™
800, 600, and 400 processors and
modems. Galileo will be supported
on smartphones and compute
devices with the appropriate
software release on Snapdragon
820, 652, 650, 625, 617, and 435
processors, automotive infotainment
solutions utilizing Snapdragon 820A,
and telematics and IoT solutions
with Snapdragon X16, X12, X7, and
X5 LTE Modems, and Qualcomm®
9x15 and MDM6x00 modems.
These enhanced processors and
modems are designed to enable
infotainment and telematics solution
providers to satisfy an important
component of the European eCall
mandate ahead of the March
2018 deadline. “We are happy to
announce support for the European
Galileo satellite navigation system
and to see that longstanding efforts
and cooperation between the
GSA, the European Commission,
Qualcomm Technologies and the
mobile ecosystem are delivering
a key component of the European
Digital Single Market,” said Enrico
Salvatori, president, Qualcomm
Europe. “eCall and Galileo,
together with upcoming advances
in automotive connectivity pave
the way to enhancing road safety
and delivering new services to
consumers.”
“The Galileo constellation relies
on 14 satellites in orbit today.
Following our cooperation on
Galileo integration, we welcome
the announcement that Qualcomm
Technologies is contributing to the
rapid adoption of Galileo, in view
of the Initial Services foreseen by
end of 2016. The Galileo signal has
demonstrated high performance
and we believe will enhance user
experience with more accurate
and robust positioning,” said Carlo
des Dorides, executive director,
European GNSS Agency.
The Snapdragon modem and
application processor platforms’
widespread ecosystem reach can
accelerate mobile industry support
for Galileo. To date, over 200 Galileo-
enabled Qualcomm Technologies-
based designs are already planned,
and Qualcomm Technologies
expects general availability of the
required software in the 3rd quarter
of 2016. IZat location solutions have
been shipped in more than 5 Billion
devices globally.
For more information on Qualcomm
Technologies’ mobile location
technology please visit: https://www.
Foldable 3-D, Man-Made
Proteins Could Make “Use
By” Dates for Medicines
Obsolete
Soldiers often operate in extreme
environments, where they may
be exposed to the elements for
long periods of time. Standard
equipment such as electronics and
armor are designed to withstand
such stresses, but that is not true
for the contents of a medic’s bag.
Most medicines, including essential
biotherapeutics such as insulin,
degrade rapidly when stored
outside of specified temperature,
humidity, and light conditions.
DARPA’s Fold F(x) program aims
to develop new classes of rugged,
shelf-stable medicines based on