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.

Wolfson chips have also found place in the Microsoft Xbox game console, Logitech Squeezebox Duet[3] and the PalmOne Treo smartphone, and early versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[18] Wolfson chips have also found place in the Microsoft Xbox game console, Logitech Squeezebox Duet[19] and the PalmOne Treo smartphone, with the Apple connection continuing with the earlier versions of the iPhone[20] and iPod Touch.

[30] With initial funding from Wolfson, an award called the IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal was established in 2006 by the IEEE and Royal Society of Edinburgh.