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Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Samsung Electronics acquired the handset connectivity and location development operations and technology of British firm Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR). The deal, subject to regulatory review, is valued at $310 million in cash. Under the deal, CSR will transfer all resources devoted to the development of CSR's handset connectivity technology, and a significant proportion of the resources dedicated to the development of handset location...

GENEVA, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for consumer and portable applications(1), will be demonstrating the world's most accurate indoor positioning of a mobile phone at the World Mobile Congress, Barcelona. Comprising a smartphone combining the leading-edge SiRFusion(TM) location technology...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that CSR plc, a leader in wireless, location and audiovisual technology, has deployed Synopsys' Galaxy(TM) Implementation Platform for the design of its 40-nanometer (nm) system-on-chips (SoCs). CSR cited the Galaxy platform's ability to deliver a robust hierarchical...

LITTLETON, Colo., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a U.S. clean technology company and leader in manufacturing low cost solid-state, rechargeable thin-film batteries, today announced that their award-winning THINERGY® Micro-Energy Cell (MEC) products are the ideal energy storage solution for many Bluetooth® Smart (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy) devices. The company says its powerful and eco-friendly MECs are particularly well suited to...

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that the company and CSR plc have agreed to settle all litigation and legal proceedings between the parties and their affiliates, including Broadcom's subsidiary Global Locate, Inc. and CSR's subsidiary SiRF Technology, Inc. Terms of the agreement are confidential. The parties will seek to dismiss their various pending...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRF) today announced that, in connection with the proposed merger with a subsidiary of CSR plc (LSE: CSR.L), CSR filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Registration Statement on Form F-4 on May 29, 2009, which contains the Proxy Statement/Prospectus that will be distributed to SiRF stockholders in connection with a special meeting of SiRF stockholders. The SEC...

The newest version of Bluetooth wireless technology is anticipated to transport information 10 times quicker than the existing model. Gadgets equipped with the new software might be available by early 2010. The group that created the technology, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, announced this week it has agreed on standards for the Bluetooth 3.0, including more rapid data movements. Three chip corporations, Atheros Communications Inc., Broadcom Corp. and CSR PLC, said their products will...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRF), a leading provider of GPS-enabled silicon and premium software location platforms, today announced a definitive agreement under which SiRF and CSR plc (LSE: CSR) will merge in a stock-for-stock transaction to create a global leader in connectivity and location platforms. The Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction, which is expected to close in the...

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today extends its leading combination (combo) chip portfolio with a highly integrated global positioning system (GPS), Bluetooth(R) and FM radio solution that delivers location based services (LBS) and advanced multimedia in a single-chip design. This sophisticated connectivity processor significantly reduces the host and...

CSR plc (LSE:CSR): -- Photo ref: PEM4813 -- To download: http://www.csr.com/images/hires/pem4813.jpg CSR plc today announced it has collaborated with Intel Corporation to redesign how its integrated Bluetooth device interacts with a laptop PC. Laptops employing the new technology from CSR and Intel will save up to 1 Watt**, providing next-generation Intel-based laptops with up to an extra 30** minutes of battery life. Bluetooth Advanced Power Management (APM) can now be designed...