Wolfson Microelectronics

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Wolfson Microelectronics plc was a multinational fabless - microelectronics - and semiconductor manufacturer in the audio sector ; The seat was in Edinburgh , United Kingdom .

Wolfson began as a spin-off from Edinburgh University in 1984 . In February 1986 the company had 20 employees. From 2003, Wolfson shares were traded on the London Stock Exchange. 2006 Wolfson was named Company of the Year , Dr. David Milne, who until then was chief executive officer, was named Entrepreneur of the Year . He was succeeded by Dave Shrigley, who previously worked for Intel .

In 2013, Wolfson posted losses of more than $ 16 million on sales of over $ 179 million; In 2014, Wolfson Microelectronics, which then had 420 employees, was bought by Cirrus Logic for £ 291 million.

Products

The products included D / A converters , sound chips and codec circuits. In 2013, more than half of sales were achieved with products used in smartphones .

Wolfson Microelectronics has also produced audio boards for the Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 2 - called Wolfson Audio Card - among other things . After Wolfson Microelectronics was bought by Cirrus Logic, the audio circuit board for the Raspberry Pi Model B + was renamed the Cirrus Logic Audio Card .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Scotsman of April 30, 2014, US firm chips in for takeover of Wolfson Micro , (English); accessed on August 2, 2020, possibly accessed via Google.
  2. ^ Wolfson agrees Cirrus takeover deal . In: BBC News . April 29, 2014 ( bbc.com [accessed August 2, 2020]).
  3. ↑ The Glasgow Herald of February 3, 1986, Wolfson Fujitsu Deal ... , in English from Google news, accessed on August 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung of October 17, 2003, Wolfson shares start jumping in London , accessed on August 2, 2020.
  5. ↑ scotsman.com from December 2006, Chip hooray as Wolfson scoops double honor (English), accessed August 1, 2020.
  6. ↑ electronicsweekly.com from November 2006, Meet the new man at Wolfson , accessed August 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ a b c heise.de of April 29, 2014, Audio-Chip-Fusion: Cirrus Logic takes over Wolfson , accessed on August 1, 2020.
  8. ↑ IT market from April 30, 2014, Cirrus Logic purchases audio chip competencies , accessed on August 1, 2020.
  9. ^ List of Cirrus and Wolfson DA converters; the latter have the names WM8xxx , accessed on August 1, 2020.
  10. ↑ businesswire.com of April 29, 2020, Cirrus Logic Agrees to Acquire Wolfson Microelectronics , accessed August 1, 2020.
  11. ↑ elektroniknet.de of January 9, 2007, Wolfson Microelectronics presents the smallest codec , accessed on August 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ a b Wolfson Audio Card. element14, 2020, accessed August 2020 .
  13. ^ Wolfson Audio Card User Documentation. Reichelt, 2020, accessed August 2020 .

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