Samsung Is Developing Their Own Position Engine Hopes To Stop Using Broadcom S Chips
Apple, Samsung, HTC, everyone really, they rely on components from either Broadcom or Qualcomm to enable GPS and GLONASS support. Broadcom is a leader in this industry since they sell “combo chips”, meaning one solution that provides WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, GLONASS, FM radio support, and even NFC. But according to The Korea Times, Samsung is hard at work on their own location solution. The project is being called “Position Engine”, and I can’t figure out for the life of me why Samsung is doing this....