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Cirrus Logic acquires audio chip company Tripath after they went bankrupt. In July, Cirrus Logic acquires Apex Microtechnology, a provider of high-power products for industrial and aerospace markets.

2007 – Jason Rhode, formerly vice president and general manager of Cirrus' Mixed-Signal Audio division, is named president and chief executive officer, replacing French who resigned in March.

2005 – Cirrus Logic sells video product assets to investment firm, creating Magnum Semiconductor (company maintains minority equity position).

2003 – Cirrus Logic closes wireless networking operations.

2001 – Cirrus Logic acquires several start-up companies with technologies in video decoding, video encoding, wireless networking, and networked digital audio.

2001 – Cirrus Logic announces plan to begin exit from magnetic storage chip business.

2000 – Cirrus Logic moves its headquarters to Austin, Texas.

In the fall, company spins out its communication business unit. French joins company as president and chief operating officer in June and becomes chief executive officer in February 1999.

CIRRUS LOGO PC

1998 – Cirrus Logic exits from the PC graphics card business.

1992 – Cirrus Logic Completes Deal for Acumos Inc.

1991 – Cirrus Logic acquires Crystal Semiconductor, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal converter ICs.1989 – Company goes public and is listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol CRUS.renamed Cirrus Logic and moves headquarters to Silicon Valley. Company focuses on IC solutions for the growing PC components market. In 2014 Cirrus Logic bought Wolfson Microelectronics for approximately $467 million.

After French resigned in March 2007, Jason Rhode, formerly the vice president and general manager of Cirrus Logic's Mixed Signal Audio Division, was named president and CEO in May 2007. In June 2005, Cirrus Logic sold its video products operation to an investment firm, creating privately owned Magnum Semiconductor. The company announced in April 2000 that it had completed moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas. Yousuf Palla joined as Vice President of Operations and Manufacturing, contributing further to its success. Soon after joining the company, through an acquisition strategy French repositioned the company into a premier supplier of high-performance analog and digital processing chip solutions for consumer entertainment electronics, and soon afterwards, M. as president and chief operating officer in June 1998 and was named chief executive officer in February 1999. In the early 1990s, Cirrus Logic became a supplier of PC graphics chips, audio converters and chips for magnetic storage products. Cirrus Logic acquired Crystal Semiconductor, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal converter ICs, in 1991. It joined the Nasdaq market listing in 1989 (symbol: CRUS). Michael Hackworth was named president and chief executive officer in January 1985, and served as CEO until February 1999. Later the company was renamed as Cirrus Logic when it moved to Silicon Valley in 1984 to focus on solutions for the growing PC components market. Patil Systems, Inc., was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1981 by Suhas Patil, and in 1983 the company was reorganized by Patil, Kamran Elahian, and venture capitalist Fred Nazem, whose firm, Nazem and Company provided the company's first/start-up round of financing. Suhas Patil founded the company as "Patil Systems, Inc." in Salt Lake City in 1981 it adopted the name "Cirrus Logic" when it moved to Silicon Valley in 1984.Ĭirrus Logic has more than 3,900 patents issued and pending. The company has over 3,200 customers including Ford, Harman International, Itron, LG, Lenovo, Onkyo, Marantz, Motorola, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung, SiriusXM, Sony, Apple, and Vizio. The company's audio processors and audio converters feature in audio and consumer entertainment products, including smartphones, tablets, digital headsets, automotive entertainment systems, home-theater receivers, and smart home applications, such as smart speakers. Since 1998, the company's headquarters have been in Austin, Texas. is an American fabless semiconductor supplier that specializes in analog, mixed-signal, and audio DSP integrated circuits (ICs). Financials as of March 26, 2022 Ĭirrus Logic Inc.