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RF Micro Devices® Press Release - December 8, 2011
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RFMD Powers New Smartphones with Industry-Leading 3G/4G Products
-- RFMD's PowerSmart(TM) Power Platform and RF724x Ultra-High
Efficiency PAs Deliver
Unmatched Performance in
Next-Generation Smartphones
GREENSBORO,
N.C., Dec. 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMD),
a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio
frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today
announced it has commenced volume production of multiple 3G/4G power
amplifiers (PAs), in support of two leading smartphone families. The
two most recent smartphones supported by RFMD® feature RFMD's PowerSmart™
power platform and RFMD's RF724x family of ultra-high efficiency power
amplifiers.
The first smartphone, featuring RFMD's PowerSmart,
is a stylish, all-touch handset featuring a brilliant 3.2" high resolution
display, a 5MP camera with flash and video recording, and preinstalled
social networking apps for a smoothly integrated mobile experience.
The second smartphone, featuring RFMD's RF7241, RF7242, RF7244, RF7245,
and RF7258, is a powerful, full-featured smartphone with a high resolution
touch display, a highly tactile keyboard, and a precise optical trackpad.
The smartphone will be available in multiple triple-band 3G versions
featuring RFMD's ultra-high efficiency 3G/4G PAs exclusively. Both smartphones
are manufactured by a leading North America-based smartphone manufacturer.
Eric Creviston, president of RFMD's Cellular Products Group (CPG),
said, "RFMD's industry-leading 3G/4G products continue to gain design
momentum with the world's leading smartphone manufacturers. Similar
to calendar 2011, we believe RFMD will be a clear share gainer during
calendar 2012, not only in UMTS/HSPA+, but also in 4G LTE."
RFMD's
RF724x UMTS/HSPA+ power amplifiers are ultra-high efficiency, single-mode
3G/4G components that reset the bar for performance in smartphones,
tablets, and other high-performance data-centric connected devices.
RFMD's RF724x power amplifiers deliver ultra-high peak efficiency of
48%-51%, significantly above current competitive offerings. The product
family currently covers WCDMA bands 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8, addressing the
most common UMTS/HSPA+ frequency bands and band combinations.
RFMD's PowerSmart power platform is a new product category reshaping
the future of multimode, multi-band cellular RF architectures. PowerSmart
features a revolutionary new RF Configurable Power Core™ that delivers
multiband, multi-mode coverage of all cellular communications modulation
schemes, including GSM/GPRS, EDGE, EDGE Evolution, CDMA, 3G (TD-SCDMA
or WCDMA) and 4G (HSPA+, LTE or WiMAX). The RF Configurable Power Core
in PowerSmart is compliant with all current and known future 4G data
standards (HSPA+, LTE QPSK, LTE 16QAM, and LTE 64QAM).
In addition
to the RF Configurable Power Core, which performs all power amplification
and power management functionality, RFMD's PowerSmart power platform
includes all necessary switching and signal conditioning functionality
in a compact reference design, providing smartphone manufacturers a
single scalable source for the entire cellular front end.
RFMD
offers a broad portfolio of 3G/4G solutions in single-mode and multimode
converged and hybrid architectures to ensure compatibility with leading
chipset providers and enable global platform manufacturing. RFMD's 3G/4G
product portfolio reduces the thermal impact of data usage in smartphones
while enabling increased battery life during data-based applications,
such as web surfing, video calls and internet radio services.
About RFMD
RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMD)
is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance
radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies.
RFMD's products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity
and support advanced functionality in the cellular handset, wireless
infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN), CATV/broadband and
aerospace and defense markets. RFMD is recognized for its diverse portfolio
of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise and is a preferred
supplier to the world's leading mobile device, customer premises and
communications equipment providers.
Headquartered in Greensboro,
N.C., RFMD is an ISO 9001- and ISO 14001-certified manufacturer with
worldwide engineering, design, sales and service facilities. RFMD is
traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol RFMD. For
more information, please visit RFMD's web site at
www.rfmd.com.
This press release includes "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans,
objectives, representations and contentions and are not historical facts
and typically are identified by use of terms such as "may," "will,"
"should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate,"
"predict," "potential," "continue" and similar words, although some
forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be
aware that the forward-looking statements included herein represent
management's current judgment and expectations, but our actual results,
events and performance could differ materially from those expressed
or implied by forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update
any of these forward-looking statements or publicly announce the results
of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, other than as
is required under the federal securities laws. RF Micro Devices' business
is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability
in operating results, risks associated with the impact of global macroeconomic
and credit conditions on our business and the business of our suppliers
and customers, our reliance on a few large customers for a substantial
portion of our revenue, the rate of growth and development of wireless
markets, our ability to bring new products to market, our reliance on
inclusion in third party reference designs for a portion of our revenue,
our ability to manage channel partner and customer relationships, risks
associated with the operation of our wafer fabrication, molecular beam
epitaxy, assembly and test and tape and reel facilities, our ability
to complete acquisitions and integrate acquired companies, including
the risk that we may not realize expected synergies from our business
combinations, our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel and
develop leaders, variability in production yields, raw material costs
and availability, our ability to reduce costs and improve margins in
response to declining average selling prices, our ability to adjust
production capacity in a timely fashion in response to changes in demand
for our products, dependence on gallium arsenide (GaAs) for the majority
of our products, dependence on third parties, and substantial reliance
on international sales and operations. These and other risks and uncertainties,
which are described in more detail in RF Micro Devices' most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports and statements filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results and
developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied
by any of these forward-looking statements.
RF MICRO DEVICES®
and RFMD® are trademarks of RFMD, LLC. All other trade names, trademarks
and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT:
At RFMD(R)
Doug
DeLieto
VP, Investor
Relations
336-678-5322
Dean
Priddy
CFO
336-678-7975
At The Financial Relations Board
Joe
Calabrese
Vice President
212-827-3772
Posted
12/10/2011
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