Centrality Communications has launched its Atlas processor family, targeted for GPS-enabled handsets, PDAs and telematics systems. By combining up to six chips, Centrality’s Atlas processor family provides reduced system bill of materials and manufacturing cost, lower power consumption, smaller form factor, and functional differentiation.

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said its patent pending chip architecture and algorithms enable the Atlas processor to provide high performance GPS, Bluetooth, multimedia, and rich application performance.