Swift Navigation collaborates with Sony Semiconductor Solutions
Joint solution addresses safety, efficiency, and compliance challenges in logistics, micromobility, and other industries.
Swift Navigation has announced a joint solution developed with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (“Sony”) that integrates Swift’s Skylark® Precise Positioning Service with Sony’s ultra-low-power CXD5610 GNSS chipset. The partnership dramatically enhances location accuracy, unlocking new capabilities that boost safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance across logistics, construction, micromobility, and other sectors.
Standard GNSS solutions, such as GPS, typically offer 5-10 meter accuracy—insufficient for automation and advanced tracking applications. Precise location tracking enabled by Sony and Swift’s joint solution delivers value across sectors:
Logistics & Supply Chain: Lane-level tracking improves route optimization and reduces human error, potentially cutting costs by 30% within two to three years (McKinsey & Co.).
Micromobility: Accurate tracking ensures compliance with regulations, such as preventing electric scooters from operating on sidewalks or restricted areas.
Asset Tracking: Enhanced geofencing improves monitoring of containers and assets, reducing losses and theft.
Wearables: Athletes gain more precise activity tracking, while caregivers and parents benefit from accurate real-time location tracking for safety.
Unlocking Precise Location in Small Devices
Swift’s Skylark corrects GNSS signal errors to deliver centimeter accuracy and serves as a key enabling technology for autonomous vehicles, supply chain automation, and more. Already awarded programs to enable precise location in more than 10 million ADAS-enabled and autonomous vehicles worldwide, Skylark is now available in three variants – Skylark Cx, Skylark Nx RTK, and Skylark Dx – each designed to meet specific industry requirements.
Skylark Dx delivers unprecedented accuracy in compact, power-efficient devices like wearables, asset trackers, and smartphones. Key benefits include:
Instant convergence and continent-wide coverage with decimeter precision, 3x the accuracy of SBAS.
Reliable operation across all signal-to-noise ratios, ideal for challenging environments with small, low cost antennas.
Wide compatibility, seamlessly working on all receivers supporting RTCM 3.2 MSM1 standard data format.
CXD5610
Sony’s CXD5610 chipset complements Skylark Dx with multi-constellation GNSS support (L1 and L5 bands) and ultra-low power consumption, operating at just 5.6 mW in low-power mode. Its compact 3.2 x 3.7 mm XFGBA footprint makes it ideal for space-constrained applications.
