Dashboard surfing for the masses

Philips Semiconductors has introduced an integrated microprocessor it says will take the emerging niche of dashboard electronics beyond the realm of the luxury car.

Philips, a division of Dutch technology giant Royal Philips Electronics, claims to be the first to bring to market a fully integrated “telematics”–or dashboard electronics–processor combining all key hardware blocks onto one chip. The SAF3100 telematics processor is less expensive and smaller than many other back-end telematics bundles. CNET