Question: Qualcomm, an American multinational chipset manufacturer has recently launched 3 chipsets in India with the support of
(a) DRDO
(b) IISc
(c) IIT Delhi
(d) ISRO
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- On January 21, 2020, Qualcomm along with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has launched 3 chipsets in India.
- These chipsets are Snapdragon 720G, 662 and 460. All 3 chipsets feature Wi-Fi 6 connectivity and Bluetooth 5.1 support.
- The most important thing is that these 3 chipsets of Qualcomm have been developed with support for ISRO’s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC).
- Qualcomm is an American multinational chipset manufacturer
- It is a technology considered an advanced location positioning and navigation system than the GPS technology currently in use.
- This launch of chipsets is being considered as a major step to Made in India GPS (Global Positioning System) alternative.
- Apart from NavIC, these chipsets will also support the widely used GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System).
- Chinese smartphone brands Xiaomi and Realme have confirmed that it will soon launch new smartphones with Snapdragon 720G chipset processor.
- The navigation feature of ISRO with NavIC with which these chipsets have been launched is considered more accurate than with position accuracy of up to 5 meters.
- Along with this, NavIC comes with dual frequency S and L band whereas GPS used to come only with S band.
- The accuracy of the navigator will be 6 times higher in urban areas than with GPS.
- Navic is also engaged in aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
- At the same time, more than 30 Indian companies are making NavIC trackers for cars.
NAVIC
- It is also known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) &is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system built by India.
- It has been developed to provide accurate real-time positioning and timing services over India and the region extending to 1,500 kilometres around India.
- The NAVIC system consists of a constellation of 3 satellites in Geostationary orbit (GEO), 4 satellites in Geosynchronous orbit (GSO) and 2 satellites on the ground as stand-by to give precise information on position, navigation and time (PNT) of objects or persons to users on ground, sea and air.
Links:-
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2020/01/20/qualcomm-launches-three-new-snapdragon-mobile-platforms-address-ongoing
https://trak.in/tags/business/2020/01/22/3-qualcomm-processors-has-isros-navic-gps-for-android-realme-redmi-will-use-make-in-india-gps/