Milestones
2011
- CSR announces intention to merge with Zoran
- CSR adds Wi-Fi to automotive-grade offering
- CSR Licences Advanced ARM Cortex Multiprocessor Technology
- CSR8600 platform for high fidelity wireless audio in consumer products launched
- CSR Synergy for Android enhanced with full support for Bluetooth low energy
- CSR brings HD voice to the mainstream with fully qualified Wideband Speech enabled Bluetooth audio platform
- CSR merges with Zoran Corporation
- CSR launches SiRFusion and SiRFstarV
- Employees: 2,777
2010
- CSR launches the world's first combination audio processing and Bluetooth chip, CSR7810
- CSR launches SiRFatlasV
- CSR's single-mode Bluetooth low energy platform, CSR µEnergy is announced
- CSR acquires APT Licensing Ltd
- CSR shipped its two billionth chip
- CSR collaborates with Infineon Technologies
- Turnover for the year was $800 million
- Employees: 1,550
2009
- UniFi CSR6000 range launches the world’s smallest 802.11n compatible devices
- CSR launches CSR9000, the world's most integrated Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and FM solution for mobile devices
- The world's most widely used embedded Bluetooth software stack is updated as CSR Synergy
- CSR releases the fifth generation of its noise and echo cancellation software Clear Voice Capture (CVC)
- CSR merges with SiRF
- CSR launches SiRFstarIV with unique SiRFaware technology
- Turnover for the year was $601 million
- Employees: 1,402
2008
- BlueCore7, the world’s most integrated connectivity IC, launched
- CSR gives the world's first public demonstration of Bluetooth low energy (then known as Ultra Low Power Bluetooth)
- CSR shipped its one billionth chip
- Turnover for the year was $695 million
- Employees: 1,452
2007
- BlueCore6, the industry's most efficient Bluetooth radio, is launched
- CSR samples Ultra Low Power Bluetooth (now known as Bluetooth low energy) silicon with key lead customers
- CSR acquires Nordnav and Cambridge Positioning Systems
- CSR received the Queen's Award for Enterprise, in the Innovation category
- Joep van Beurden becomes CEO
- Turnover for the year was $849 million
- Employees: 1,053
2006
- CSR joins the Wibree Industry Initative (now known as Bluetooth low energy)
- CSR becomes a £1.5B market cap company
- John Scarisbrick CEO
- Office in Shanghai, China opens
- Turnover for the year was $705 million
- Employees: 967
2005
- CSR acquires Clarity Technologies Inc.
- BlueCore5 ships
- 1,500th Bluetooth design win
- Offices in Sophia Antipolis, France and Lund, Sweden open
- 100 millionth BlueCore device shipped
- CSR awarded RAE MacRobert Gold Medal
- CSR acquires UbiNetics
- Turnover for the year was $487 million
- Employees: 701
2004
- IPO on the LSE and joins FTSE 250 in July 2004
- CSR received the Queen's Award for Enterprise, in the International Trade category
- BlueCore4 ships
- Turnover for the year was $253 million
- Employees: 507
2003
- CSR breaks even
- BlueCore3 ships
- Office in Taipei, Taiwan opens
- Employees: 328
2002
- BlueCore2 ships
- Employees: 261
2000
- World’s first single chip Bluetooth device BlueCore1 ships
- First offices outside of the UK opened in Richardson, TX, USA and Tokyo, Japan
- John Hodgson appointed CEO
- Employees: 129
- Offices open in Aalborg, Denmark and Seoul, South Korea
- Employees: 224
1999
- CSR is spun out of Cambridge Consultants with nine founding staff
- First round of funding (£6M), employees: 36