Private company
SiRF
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Computer company
SiRF Technology, Inc. was an American pioneer in the commercial use of GPS technology for consumer applications. The company was founded in 1995 and was headquartered in San Jose, California. Notable and founding members included Sanjai Kohli, Dado Banatao, and Kanwar Chadha.2 It is part of Qualcomm.1 It ceased to exist in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- IndustryICT, information and communications technology1
- HeadquartersSan Jose1
- Websitewww.sirf.com
- Legal formprivately held company1
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SiRF Technology, Inc. was an American pioneer in the commercial use of GPS technology for consumer applications. The company was founded in 1995 and was headquartered in San Jose, California. Notable and founding members included Sanjai Kohli, Dado Banatao, and Kanwar Chadha. The company was acquired by British firm CSR plc in 2009, who were in turn subsequently acquired by American company Qualcomm on 13 August 2015.2
Corporate structure
SiRF is part of a group headed by Qualcomm. 27 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Qualcomm San Diego, California, United States
- SiRF San Jose
- Airgo Networks Subsidiary · Palo Alto
- Globalstar Subsidiary · Covington
- Qualcomm (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Farnborough, United Kingdom
- Qualcomm Atheros Subsidiary · San Jose
- Quintauris Subsidiary
- WiPower Subsidiary · Altamonte Springs
- Rezence Subsidiary · California
- Arriver US, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- NuVia, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- NUVIASEMI INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
- Qualcomm (Canada) Subsidiary · Canada
- Qualcomm Auto Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd. Subsidiary · Singapore
- Qualcomm Communications SARL Subsidiary · France
- QUALCOMM GLOBAL TRADING PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · San Diego, California, United States
- QUALCOMM ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · San Diego, California, United States
- QUALCOMM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
- QUALCOMM INTERNATIONAL, INC. Subsidiary · San Diego, California, United States
- Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Subsidiary · United States
- Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- QUALCOMM VENTURES LLC Subsidiary · San Diego, California, United States
- RF360 Europe GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
- RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd. Subsidiary · Singapore
- RF360 Technology (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
On 10 February 2009, UK wireless chip company CSR announced it was buying SiRF in a share deal worth $136 million.
From Wikipedia’s article on SiRF, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.sirf.com1
- WikipediaSiRF
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1464560
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataSiRF on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSiRF on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSiRF logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- 4WikipediaSiRF on Wikipedia (revision used)
- 5Wikimedia CommonsSiRF photo by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0