Skyworks Captures a Key Helios(TM) Mini EDGE Design Win at Samsung; Top Tier OEM to Leverage World's Smallest Complete Dual-Chip
June 30 2005 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS), a global leader in analog,
mixed signal and digital semiconductors for mobile communications
applications, today announced that Samsung, one of the world's
leading handset OEMs, plans to leverage the company's Helios(TM)
Mini EDGE radio solution across a number of bandwidth-intensive,
advanced multimedia platforms that will be available next year.
Just recently, Skyworks introduced its two-chip RF subsystem, which
combines the company's front-end module with its single-chip direct
conversion transceiver, significantly cutting space requirements
while improving performance and reducing costs. "We are delighted
to have won Samsung's business with our Helios(TM) Mini solution so
soon after its launch. This architecture clearly builds upon the
success we have achieved with our innovative, first generation
Helios(TM) product offering," said Brian M. Daly, marketing
director of RF Solutions at Skyworks. "By incorporating even higher
levels of functionality with reduced footprints, we are enabling an
ever-increasing number of handsets that embed advanced multimedia
feature sets, while at the same time optimizing power efficiency,
design flexibility, cost and time-to-market. Our technology
strategy and roadmap continue to be validated by our customers."
About Helios(TM) Mini Helios(TM) Mini is a complete radio solution
for GSM, GPRS and EDGE mobile handset applications that builds on
the advantages of Skyworks' earlier three-chip version. It features
the company's industry-leading, patent-pending Polar Loop transmit
modulation technology, enabling the radio to transmit both constant
as well as non-constant envelope signals through the same transmit
path. This approach minimizes the number of external components
that are required, and improves talk times by as much as 10 percent
by increasing PA efficiency in EDGE mode as compared to
conventional architectures. Helios(TM) Mini also includes the
company's latest single-chip direct conversion transceiver, which
works with the subsystem's PA/PAC to create a seamless closed-loop
transmit system. The Helios(TM) family of solutions showcases
Skyworks' unique ability to pair field-proven front-end module
technology with radio functionality, and can be used to develop
handsets with advanced features of varying complexity such as color
displays, integrated digital cameras, Web browsing and multimedia
messaging services (MMS). About Skyworks Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
is a global leader in analog, mixed signal and digital
semiconductors for mobile communications applications. The
company's power amplifiers, front-end modules, direct conversion
transceivers and complete system solutions are at the heart of many
of today's leading-edge multimedia handsets, cellular base stations
and wireless networking platforms. Skyworks also offers a portfolio
of highly innovative linear products, supporting a diverse set of
automotive, broadband, industrial and medical customers.
Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Skyworks is worldwide with
engineering, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout
Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit
the Skyworks Web site at: www.skyworksinc.com. Safe Harbor
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