U-blox makes chips for Cohda

Chip maker u-blox is to take over manufacture and supply of Cohda Wireless’ V2X radio module. “We have decided to license its design in order to focus on software IP,” explained Paul Gray, CEO of Cohda. The move will help meet what the companies call “rapidly increasing demand for V2X modules for trials, early deployments and infrastructure roll-out”.
October 7, 2015 Read time: 1 min

Chip maker 602 u-blox is to take over manufacture and supply of 6667 Cohda Wireless’ V2X radio module. “We have decided to license its design in order to focus on software IP,” explained Paul Gray, CEO of Cohda. The move will help meet what the companies call “rapidly increasing demand for V2X modules for trials, early deployments and infrastructure roll-out”.

Herbert Blaser, Senior Director, Product Center Short Range Radio at u-blox, said: “We are also convinced that conventional driver assistance solutions will significantly benefit from the adoption of V2X technologies.”

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