CSR gobbles up GPS chipmaker SiRF
By Donald Melanson 
posted February 10th 2009 8:58PM
posted February 10th 2009 8:58PM
Well, it looks like a few pesky patent issues weren't enough to keep CSR, mostly known for its Bluetooth chips, from snapping up omnipresent GPS chipmaker SiRF, with the two companies today announcing that they're set to fully combine their companies into one giant chipmaking operation. Under the all-share transaction valued at some $132.7 million, SiRF shareholders will get 27 percent of the newly formed company, to be known as CSR, while two SiRF directors will also get seats on the CSR board. Any further details are a bit hard to come by but, as CNET's Business Tech points out, CSR has increasingly been focusing on all-in-one solutions combining Bluetooth, WiFi, and whatnot, so it would stand to reason that SiRF's GPS know-how could be added to the mix.
GPS integration in everything would be nice, since I doubt it costs more to add the circuitry to the silicon.
That's my boy!
Is that why it happened? Thats pretty serious, They're both going to die of AIDs LOL
I guess Garmin's contract must be up.
Will I now be able to use Google Maps to find my misplaced jawbone? That'd be great!