Skyworks Receives Certification for Key Automotive Standard
August 13 2007 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS), an innovator of high
performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile
connectivity, today announced that it has received ISO/TS 16949
certification, an internationally accepted automotive quality
system accreditation. The ISO/TS 16949 recognition allows Skyworks
to become a supplier in the automotive market estimated by Lehman
Brothers to have a total available market of approximately $16
billion. The automotive sector offers a range of new growth
opportunities for semiconductor companies as cars utilize wireless
technology for keyless entry, Bluetooth capability, global
positioning system (GPS), satellite radios, climate control,
sensors and other applications. Given that ISO/TS 16949 is a key
differentiating standard amongst customers across a wide range of
industries, achieving this certification also creates opportunities
in markets such as broadband, consumer electronics, meter reading,
and RFID. �Skyworks is proud to have completed this rigorous audit
process involving many facets including design, manufacturing,
design validation, final test, packing and shipping,� said Nien-Tsu
Shen, vice president of quality at Skyworks. �The stringent
certification now positions us well with multiple German, Italian,
American and French automotive customers and gives us the
opportunity to significantly expand our Linear Products business.�
According to a research report published by Lehman Brothers in June
2007 entitled the Semiconductor Handbook, �Automotive represents a
core end-market for analog and mixed signal semiconductor companies
and suppliers of discrete semiconductor components, among others.�
Automotive Certification 3-3-3 Skyworks launched its Linear
Products business to aggressively leverage the company�s core RF
and analog product portfolio and modeling capabilities, along with
its strong catalog sales channels and specialized rep and
distributor networks, in non-handset applications. Thus far,
Skyworks has secured several strategic design wins in the
infrastructure, broadband, medical and industrial markets. Skyworks
Facilities Accredited Under ISO/TS16949 Woburn, Mass.: Used for the
production of 4 inch GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility
transistor (PHEMT), metal semiconductor field effect transistor
(MESFET), and silicon wafer fabrication for switches, control
devices and amplifiers, and discrete radio frequency (RF) diodes
Mexicali, Mexico: Used for final test, tape and reel for a wide
portfolio of semiconductor solutions including modules, RF-chip
scale and fine pitch ball grid array (FPBGA) packages, as well as
RF, analog and systems test Failure analysis (FA)/reliability lab
in Newbury Park, Calif. About ISO/TS 16949 ISO/TS 16949
certification, developed by the International Automotive Task Force
(IATF) in conjunction with the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) the world�s largest developer of standards,
aligns existing automotive quality systems standards within the
global automotive industry, and aims to eliminate the need for
multiple certifications to satisfy customer requirements. The IATF
consists of an international group of vehicle manufacturers
including BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford Motor Company,
General Motors Corporation, PSA Peugeot-Citroen, Renault and
Volkswagen. Together with ISO 9001: 2000, the automotive
certification specifies the quality system requirements for the
design/development, production, installation and servicing of
automotive-related products. In addition, there are
customer-specific requirements by individual subscribing vehicle
manufacturers. About Skyworks Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an
innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal
semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity. The company's power
amplifiers, front-end modules and direct conversion radios are at
the heart of many of today's leading-edge multimedia handsets.
Leveraging core technologies, Skyworks also offers a diverse
portfolio of linear products that support automotive, broadband,
cellular infrastructure, industrial and medical applications.
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
Skyworks� Web site at: www.skyworksinc.com. Safe Harbor Statement
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include, but are not limited to: global economic and market
conditions, such as the cyclical nature of the semiconductor
industry and the markets addressed by our, and our customers',
products; our ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative
products in a highly price competitive and rapidly changing
technological environment; fluctuations in our manufacturing yields
due to our complex and specialized manufacturing processes;
fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party
semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the
fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; the
availability and pricing of third party semiconductor foundry,
assembly and test capacity and raw materials; our ability to timely
and accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry
standards, and to identify opportunities in new markets; losses or
curtailments of purchases or payments from key customers, or the
timing of customer inventory adjustments; our reliance on a several
key customers for a large percentage of our sales; our ability to
rapidly develop new products and avoid product obsolescence; our
ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives, technical
personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with
the experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels
needed to implement our business and product plans; lengthy product
development cycles that impact the timing of new product
introductions; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of
significant customer orders and our ability, as well as the ability
of our customers, to manage inventory; unfavorable changes in
product mix; the quality of our products and any remediation costs;
shorter than expected product life cycles; problems or delays that
we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process
technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration;
economic, social and political conditions in the countries in which
we, our customers or our suppliers operate, including security and
health risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks and
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; our ability to
continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property portfolio
and obtain needed licenses from third parties; and the
uncertainties of litigation, including disputes over intellectual
property, as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but
not limited to those detailed from time to time in our filings with
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