British Bluetooth chip designer CSR snapped up by Qualcomm for £1.56bn

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Cambridge Silicon Radio, a start-up from the last dot.com boom, sells out to US chip giant

Chip maker Qualcomm has trumped its rival Microchip Technology by swooping for UK Bluetooth communications specialist CSR in a £1.56bn ($2.5bn) deal. It comes after Microchip Technology tabled a...

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