Skyworks Qualifies WIN Semiconductors for Gallium Arsenide Foundry Services
June 05 2008 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of high
performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile
connectivity, today announced that the company has approved WIN
Semiconductors Corp. as a foundry partner, and has started
production to provide Skyworks with gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry
processing services due to heightened product demand. WIN Semi is
the leading GaAs radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) and
monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) wafer foundry
services provider in the world. Located in Tao Yuan Shien, Taiwan,
WIN Semi has two advanced six-inch wafer fabrication facilities and
has recently purchased the land for a third fab. �Skyworks is
pleased to begin production at WIN as a source for our proprietary
pHEMT manufacturing process, and is also leveraging their other
unique specialty III-V process technologies as we continue to
diversify our product portfolio into new market areas,� said Bruce
Freyman, vice president of worldwide operations at Skyworks. �WIN�s
technical capabilities and aggressive approach to capacity
investment will complement our internal wafer fabs as we continue
to expand our hybrid manufacturing strategy to offer best-in-class
cost structure, flexibility, and stability of supply for our
customers.� �Skyworks� expectations for quality and product
performance are among the highest in the industry,� said Bob
Donahue, executive vice president of sales and marketing at WIN
Semiconductors. �We are extremely proud of our progress and
dedication toward satisfying Skyworks� requirements and look
forward to continuing to build our relationship as we ramp
production and partner on other GaAs technologies.� Leadership GaAs
compound semiconductor device technologies such as heterojunction
bipolar transistor (HBT), pseudomorphic high electron mobility
transistor (pHEMT), and bipolar field effect transistor (BiFET) are
essential to provide world-class RF component solutions such as
power amplifiers (PAs), front-end modules (FEMs), and antenna
switches with the optimum balance of performance and cost. Skyworks
is a leader in supplying these components for handset and
infrastructure equipment across all wireless communication
standards around the world, including GSM/GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA
and WLAN. About WIN WIN Semiconductors Corporation is the leading
pure-play and dedicated GaAs RFIC/MMIC wafer foundry services
provider with multiple advanced 6-inch wafer fabs. The facility is
ISO9001/QS9000/ISO14001/OHSAS18001 certified. WIN offers a wide
spectrum of technologies for applications from 800 megahertz (MHz)
to 100 gigahertz (GHz), including HBT, pHEMT, pHEMT switch, BiFET
and metamorphic high electron mobility transistor (mHEMT). WIN was
established more than eight years ago and has a proven track record
of producing high performance RFICs and MMICs for its customers in
various industries from handset and WLAN to satellite
communications and automotive radar MMICs. WIN customers include
major IDM, fabless design and module/system companies. WIN is
headquartered at No. 69, Technology 7th Road, Hwaya Technology
Park, Kuei Shan Hsiang, Tao Yuan Shien, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Please visit WIN�s Web site at: www.winfoundry.com for more
information. 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
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