not adequately summarize key points of its contents . please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . december 2012 wolfson microelectronics plc former type public limited company traded as lse wlf industry semiconductor digital signal processing mixed signal integrated circuits fate acquired founded edinburgh 1984 defunct april 28 2014 2014 04 28 headquarters edinburgh scotland united kingdom key people mike hickey ceo andy brannan cco david milne co founder jim reid co founder number of employees 430 website cirrus.com wolfson microelectronics plc was a multinational microelectronics and fabless semiconductor company headquartered in edinburgh united kingdom . it specialised in signal processing and mixed signal chips for the consumer electronics market and had engineering and sales offices throughout asia pacific europe and the united states . in 2014 it was acquired by cirrus logic for 291 million . contents 1 history 2 products 3 ieee rse wolfson james clerk maxwell award 3.1 recipients 4 references 5 external links history edit started in 1984 by david milne and jim reid wolfson grew under their stewardship to float on the london stock exchange in 2003 and be listed in the ftse 250 . both milne and reid had connections with the university of edinburgh ; reid attained a first class honours degree in eee and milne directed the wolfson microelectronics institute at king s buildings from 1973 to 1985 . 1 in february 2007 when milne chose to step down he was replaced in his ceo role by dave shrigley previously vice president at intel corporation . his departure was one of a number of executive changes in late 2006 as financial director george elliott also stood down . in 2006 milne was declared entrepreneur of the year by the cbi and wolfson named company of the year . 2 in november 2006 david shrigley became the ceo of wolfson his first appointment at this level he had previously worked for intel in the asia pacific region and held directorships elsewhere . 3 in september 2008 mike hickey joined wolfson as chief executive officer designate and became chief executive officer on 1 january 2009 . mr hickey joined wolfson from motorola inc where he had held various senior positions in motorola s mobile device business . 4 in july 2009 andy brannan joined wolfson as chief commercial officer . mr brannan previously held the position of vp of nokia s sosco business and prior to that spent eight years as executive vp of sales & customer operations at symbian ltd. 5 cirrus logic acquired the wolfson for 235p per share in april 2014 valuing the company at 291 million . products edit wolfson products have found applications within the digital audio player market such as in microsoft s zune product line including the zune 30 and zune hd cowon s line of mp3 and pmp players as well as providing the codec functionality for much of apple inc. s ipod series with the exception of the ipod shuffle 6 and ipod classic 7 and sony s psp . 8 wolfson chips have also found place in the microsoft xbox game console logitech squeezebox duet 9 and the palmone treo smartphone with the apple connection continuing with the earlier versions of the iphone 10 and ipod touch . 7 11 wolfson audio products can also be found in most tegra 2 soc devices and some devices like the samsung wave s8500 and samsung i9000 galaxy s smartphones 12 as well as a number of lg phones including the lg lb4400 music phone and the android powered lg optimus gt540 smartphone . 13 in april 2010 wolfson signed a licence agreement with tensilica to create a low power high definition hd sound platform . 14 wolfson microelectronics also produced the audio cards for raspberry pi model b rev 2 named wolfson audio card . 15 16 after wolfson microelectronics was purchased by cirrus logic the audio card for raspberry pi model b was renamed cirrus logic audio card . 17 ieee rse wolfson james clerk maxwell award edit main article ieee maxwell award in a joint mission in 2006 with the ieee and royal society of edinburgh wolfson provided funding for an award taking its name from the scottish mathematician physicist james clerk maxwell 1831 1879 . this award recognizes work with exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields . recipients receive 20 000 in addition to a gold medal a bronze replica and a certificate and is awarded up to two individuals chosen by a committee . 18 19 20 recipients edit the following people received the ieee rse wolfson james clerk maxwell award 20 21 2016 geoffrey hinton 22 2015 lynn conway 2014 david neil payne 2013 richard m. white and richard s. muller 2012 gerhard m. sessler 2011 marcian edward hoff 2010 amar g. bose 2009 alberto sangiovanni vincentelli 2008 tim berners lee 2007 irwin m. jacobs and andrew j. viterbi references edit wolfson press release . chip hooray as wolfson scoops double honour . the scotsman . december 1 2006 . retrieved 2007 06 26 . ex intel man to head wolfson . the inquirer . november 24 2006 . retrieved 2008 08 23 . appointment of mike hickey as chief executive officer designate . investegate . september 8 2008 . retrieved 2010 09 07 . former vp of nokia to lead sales & product marketing at wolfson . investegate . july 1 2009 . retrieved 2010 09 07 . wolfson microelectronics again supplies the audio codec with headphone amp . electronic engineering times . january 5 2007 . retrieved 2007 06 26 . a b wolfson sales on track as it plays down ipod blow . the scotsman . september 12 2007 . retrieved 2007 09 17 . wolfson produces mixed signal semiconductors for the digital consumer electronics market including chips for the ipod and sony s psp . . zdnet . october 26 2005 . retrieved 2007 06 26 . squeezebox duet network music system . archived from the original on 2008 05 26 . retrieved 2008 06 14 . wolfson set to ring up profits from iphone sales . the scotsman . january 12 2007 . retrieved 2007 06 26 . arnott sarah march 28 2008 . wolfson slumps on loss of apple contracts . london the independent . retrieved 2008 08 23 . samsung selects wolfson s wm8994 for latest bada and android smartphones . cie components in electronics . june 14 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 07 . wolfson electronics audio technology adopted by lg smartphones . iet the institution of engineering and technology . july 28 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 07 . wolfson licences tensilica hifi audio to provide a high quality power efficient sound platform . yahoo finance . april 28 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 07 . http www.element14.com community community raspberry pi raspberry pi accessories wolfson pi wolfson audio card user documentation http www.element14.com community community raspberry pi raspberry pi accessories cirrus logic audio card jason laday january 11 2007 . ieee royal society of edinburgh and wolfson microelectronics create new award . the institute . ieee . retrieved 2011 09 23 . ieee rse wolfson james clerk maxwell award . ieee . retrieved 2011 09 23 . a b ieee rse wolfson james clerk maxwell award . royal society of edinburgh . retrieved 2011 09 23 . ieee rse wolfson james clerk maxwell award recipients pdf . ieee . retrieved 2011 09 23 . 2016 ieee medals and recognitions recipients and citations pdf . ieee . retrieved july 7 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wolfson microelectronics & oldid 728847032 categories electronics companies of the united kingdomfabless semiconductor companiescompanies of scotlandcompanies listed on the london stock exchangemanufacturing companies established in 1984scottish brandshidden categories wikipedia introduction cleanup from december 2012all pages needing cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from december 2012all articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged 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