Csr Share Discussion Threads

[jmf69] 31/7/2014 07:17

Drop in revenue most likely... Should start picking up in H2 especially with csr mesh and IoT. All IMHO

[sjewson] 31/7/2014 06:38

dropping like a bomb from highs of 800p in March to 537p thoughts JMF69?

[matt123d] 23/7/2014 23:13

Inside day prior to results. Tomorrow should setup a nice trade. Direction to be determined.

[jmf69] 08/7/2014 11:17

RFaxis and CSR to Launch Multiple Reference Platforms for Seamless Wireless Connectivity Products



RFaxis, Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company focused on developing innovative, next-generation RF solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets, today announced its partnership with British chipmaker CSR plc (LSE: CSR; NASDAQ: CSRE) for reference designs aimed at multiple wireless connectivity markets.

CSR provides a broad portfolio of connectivity chipsets which enable high quality, high reliability Wi-Fi / Bluetooth end user experiences, including seamless high fidelity wireless audio and whole-home coverage. The reference designs feature RFaxis single-chip, single-die CMOS RF Front-End Integrated Circuit (RFeIC™) technology and will be paired with CSR's UniFi® CSR6030™ 2.4GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi solution and CSR8811™ and CSR8311™ Bluetooth® low energy radio chipsets.

These reference platforms are targeted for automotive infotainment, consumer electronics, IoT (Internet of Things), and M2M (machine-to-machine) communications market segments, covering a wide range of products such as In-Car Entertainment (ICE) systems, car kits, wireless speakers, health and fitness computer wearables, personal navigation devices (PNDs), cameras, scanners, and printers.

"We are delighted to partner with RFaxis to deliver high performance, cost-effective platform solutions that help our customers differentiate their end products, whatever market they are in," said Thomas Carmody, Head of Connectivity Marketing at CSR. "The company's fully integrated low-cost RF front-ends will enable us to further accelerate our attach rates within our strategic focus areas."

"Our innovative CMOS RF front-end technology helps simplify CSR's design process and accelerates time to market while delivering high performance at a competitive cost," said Raymond Biagan, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at RFaxis. "We are pleased to be partnering with CSR, a global leader in wireless connectivity."

"Apart from reducing the time to design and market, RFaxis RFeIC's level of integration offers device manufacturers a very simple solution that can be implemented as a plug and play," said Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Swapnadeep Nayak. "The RFaxis technology helps OEMs reduce their product development cycles to as low as a few weeks, while competing solutions take months. It satisfies every performance criterion set forth by component manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)."

Technology Highlights

The reference platforms feature the CSR UniFi® CSR6030™ 2.4GHz WLAN 802.11n system-on-chip (SoC) paired with the RFaxis RFX8422S 2.4GHz 11n CMOS RFeIC with integrated high efficiency linear power amplifier (PA), receive low-noise amplifier (LNA) with bypass, antenna switch, directional-coupler based power detector, harmonic filters, and associated RF matching and decoupling in a single-chip, single-die package in bulk CMOS. Also featured is the CSR BlueCore® CSR8811™ (QFN) or CSR8311 (WLCSP) Bluetooth v4.0 SoC paired with the RFaxis RFX2401C 2.4GHz Bluetooth/ISM/ZigBee RFeIC for Class 1 operation with extended range.

[tolga1] 29/6/2014 19:01

Off topic
Hup Holland, Hup CSR
:-))

[sarahbudd] 29/6/2014 16:50

Come on Holland..

[tolga1] 29/6/2014 11:34

Thank you for sharing that info JMF69, you seem to eat and drink CSR.
Interesting times ahead indeed.
Was it for this reason that the share price went to 800+ In March ? at the time the share price went ahead of it self for no obvious reason.
Hoping the price will go back to 800+, obviously.
Holland-Mexico this afternoon by the way, enjoy:-)

[jmf69] 28/6/2014 08:01

Extract from the article...Microchip Technology is another company that looks ripe to do a tax inversion. It had $2.1 billion in cash held overseas at the end of March, equivalent to just over a fifth of its market cap. Nor is it shy about buying growth. Microchip has made 14 acquisitions in the past seven years, notes Credit Suisse's John Pitzer.U.K.-domiciled CSR, sporting a market value of $1.6 billion, could make a decent fit. CSR stands to benefit from growth in the Internet of Things, where Microchip, which is big in microcontrollers, is eager to expand.Meanwhile, CSR expects its effective tax rate to fall below 20% in 2014 due to changes in its geographic mix and the phased implementation of the U.K.'s favorable tax treatment of profits generated from intellectual property.Just over a year into the industry's cyclical upturn, confidence among chip makers is high. And the U.S. seems unlikely to allow tax inversions indefinitely. It looks like a good time for chip makers to go shopping.