CSR plc

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CSR plc (LSE: [CSR]), or previously Cambridge Silicon Radio is a company based in Cambridge, England whose main product line is a single-chip implementation of the Bluetooth standard for radio-signal communication between devices. It was founded in 1998 by splitting from Cambridge Consultants. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

CSR also produces related pieces of hardware such as controllers and processors, and assorted software from drivers over protocol stacks all the way up to user-level applications. They are currently the biggest global supplier of Bluetooth chips with approximately 50 percent market share.

The company consists of the following world-wide offices:

"Unit 400", Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, UK. Original seat of the company, abandoned in November 2004 when the company moved to Churchill House (below), then re-occupied in 2005 after significant growth and now Corporate Headquarters again.
"Churchill House", Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, UK.
"Selwyn House", Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, UK.
Richardson, Texas, US
Sophia-Antipolis, France
Tokyo, Japan
Taipei, Taiwan
Novi Science Park, Aalborg, Denmark
Hyo-Bong Building, Seoul, Korea
Lund, Sweden
Detroit, Michigan, US (through acquisition of ClearVoice Capture in 2005)
Suraj Ganga Soft Park, Bangalore, India (through acquisition of Ubinetics in 2005)
Benyuan Building, Shenzhen, China (through acquisition of Ubinetics in 2005)

CSR reports its financial results in U.S. dollars. In the year ended 31 December 2005 it made a profit of $112 million on turnover of $487 million.

External links

[Official site]
[Yahoo profile] (results incorrectly stated to be in British Pounds)

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