Soon after joining the company, through an acquisition strategy Mr. French joined Cirrus Logic, Inc., 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, Kamran Elahian, and venture capitalist Fred Nazem, whose firm, Nazem and Company provided the company's first/start-up round of financing. Suhas Patil, in 1983 the company was reorganized by Dr.
Patil Systems, Inc., was founded in Salt Lake City in 1981 by Dr. 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 1,000 patents and more than 600 products serving more than 2,500 end-customers globally. Cirrus Logic's analog mixed-signal converter chips are also used in a wide variety of energy-related applications, including its new line of LED controllers for the incandescent light-bulb replacement market, as well as energy-measurement chips for applications such as digital utility meters.ĭr. The company's audio processors and audio converters feature in many professional audio and consumer entertainment products, including smartphones, tablets, portable media players, automotive entertainment systems, home-theater receivers, televisions and docking stations. As of 2015 Cirrus Logic has its headquarters in Austin, Texas. is a fabless semiconductor supplier that specializes in analog, mixed-signal, and audio DSP integrated circuits (ICs).
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