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James D. Y. Collier
James Digby Yarlet Collier (born December 1958) is a British physicist and engineer. He was the chief technology officer of Neul Limited. Previously, he held several technical and executive positions at CSR (company), Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR), UbiNetics, Cambridge Consultants and Schlumberger Education Collier was born in December 1958. He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics. Career Collier co-founded CSR (company), CSR as a corporate spin-off from Cambridge Consultants Limited with a group of eight other people including Glenn Collinson, Phil O'Donovan, Jonathan Kimmitt, Carl Orsborn, Ian Sabberton, Justin Penfold, Robert Young and Graham Pink. He served as CTO of CSR which was acquired by Qualcomm in 2015. Using short-range wireless technology, CSR became a major supplier of integrated circuit designs for Bluetooth, Global Positioning System, GPS and Wi-Fi. As a fabless manufacturing company, CSR created the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSR Plc
CSR plc (formerly Cambridge Silicon Radio) was a multinational fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Its main products were connectivity, audio, imaging and location chips. CSR was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until it was acquired by Qualcomm in August 2015. Under Qualcomm's ownership, the company was renamed Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. History The company was founded in 1998 and split away from Cambridge Consultants as ''Cambridge Silicon Radio'' or CSR in 1999. The founding directors, who were all at Cambridge Consultants at the time were Phil O'Donovan, James Collier and Glenn Collinson. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2004. In 2005 the company acquired Clarity Technologies, a leading clear voice capture (CVC) business and UbiNetics, a 3G wireless (WCDMA/UMTS/HSDPA) technology company. In 2007, CSR acquired Nordnav, a Swedish-based GPS software compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
