Skyworks Receives Certification for Key Automotive Standard
Enables Company to Supply Innovative Solutions to the Automotive Industry As Well as Other Market
Segments
Woburn, Mass. – Aug. 13, 2007 – 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.” 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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 the Securities and
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