TriQuint Wins Samsung Quality Award

HILLSBORO, Ore. & SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT), a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced it has received Samsung’s Quarterly Quality Award. TriQuint supplies a variety of innovative radio frequency solutions to Samsung, such as power amplifiers and multi-function integrated modules, for use in Samsung’s wireless communication devices for GSM/GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSPA+.

“We are proud to have earned this award from Samsung and honored to partner with an industry leader in delivering inventive mobile devices to customers worldwide. We are committed to utilizing our innovative technology portfolio to meet our customers’ requirements in this highly dynamic, fast growing mobile device industry”

This award is part of Samsung’s 'Quality First' initiative meant to encourage excellence among its subcontractors and improve overall product quality. TriQuint was one of two suppliers recognized among Samsung’s 180 suppliers. Samsung Electronics leads the global market in high-tech electronics manufacturing and digital media and is the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.*

“We are proud to have earned this award from Samsung and honored to partner with an industry leader in delivering inventive mobile devices to customers worldwide. We are committed to utilizing our innovative technology portfolio to meet our customers’ requirements in this highly dynamic, fast growing mobile device industry,” said Steve Grant, Vice President of Worldwide Operations at TriQuint Semiconductor.

FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT) celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2010 as a leading global provider of innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the world’s leading communications, defense and aerospace companies. People and organizations around the world need real-time, all-the-time connections; TriQuint products help reduce the cost and increase the performance of connected mobile devices and the networks that deliver critical voice, data and video communications. With the industry’s broadest technology portfolio, recognized R&D leadership, and expertise in high-volume manufacturing, TriQuint creates standard and custom products using gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies. The company has ISO9001-certified manufacturing facilities in the U.S., production in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. For more information, visit www.triquint.com.

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*Number one mobile phone provider in the U.S. claim for Samsung Mobile based upon reported shipment data, according to Strategy Analytics, Q1 2010, Q1-Q4 2009 and Q3 and Q4 2008 U.S. Market Share Handset Shipments Reports.