G.M.I. Technology and Actions Semiconductor have announced that G.M.I. has commenced initial shipments of products with GPS functions that feature Actions Semiconductor Series 13 integrated circuits (ICs). Actions' ICs utilize best-in-class Linux-based software and navigation system provided by China's leading GPS map provider, Ritu Information Systems, Inc. (Ritu).
Last month Actions and Ritu announced that they had entered a strategic software agreement. Actions' ICs support GPS applications for a variety of end market products.
Commenting on the announcement, Dickson Chan, Vice President of G.M.I., said, "We are excited to diversify the breadth of applications supported by the Actions' SoC product family. Our customers have been very receptive to integrating this new functionality and we are optimistic of the growth in this business in 2009 and beyond."
"We are very pleased to expand our partnership with leading distributor, G.M.I.," stated Vincent Lin, Vice President of Marketing at Actions Semiconductor.
"As G.M.I. commences shipments of our Series 13 chipsets supporting GPS applications, we are excited to see our strong distributor relationships leverage our end-market diversification strategy, which is an important component for our long-term growth."
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