Japan Semiconductor Innovation 50 (A-15 1990s)
GPS-based Car Navigation System (Mitsubishi Electric & Matsuda)
Mitsubishi Electric and Mazda jointly developed a GPS(Global
Positioning System)-based car navigation system in 1990 and installed the
product in Mazda rotary engine car "EUNO COSMO". Before this GPS-based
system, Honda had launched Gyroscope based navigation system in 1981 which
was installed in the 2nd generation Honda Accord. The GPS-based navigation
technology provided finer and more accurate positioning capability than
Gyroscope-based system. GPS based systems, with their accurate navigation
capability, helped to expand the car navigation market grow and created
new semiconductor market such as microcomputers, graphic processors and
sensors.
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