TriQuint Semiconductor Announces Establishment of Massachusetts Design Center
The Design Center Will Focus On Wireless RFICs for Cellphone Handset Applications
Hillsboro, OR. TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq:TQNT), Inc. today announced the opening of its Engineering Design Center in Massachusetts. The Center, established to take advantage of the strong RFIC design talent in the region will initially focus on applications which serve the cellular phone handset market.
The Center, located in Lowell, Massachusetts is headed by Dr. Dilek Barlas and reports to TriQuint Semiconductor s Wireless Communications Division headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.
"TriQuint decided to establish this design center in Massachusetts to take advantage of the excellent pool of RF engineering talent in the local area. We are up and running with a strong nucleus of the team already in place. The Massachusetts design team will be focusing on the development of integrated circuits for the worldwide cellphone market. The center represents another piece of the picture of TriQuint s expanding business capacity (along with the recently announced new 6" wafer fab in Texas) focused on serving our worldwide cellphone customer base" said Ron Ruebusch, VP of TriQuint s Wireless Components Division.
This press release contains both historical information and forward-looking information. Numerous important factors affect the Company s operating results and could cause the Company s actual results to differ materially from the results indicated in this press release or in any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company, and there can be no assurance that future results will meet expectations. Results could differ materially based on various factors, including the Company s performance and market conditions. Additional considerations and important risk factors are described in the Company s Report on Form 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Company s Common Stock Offering Prospectus dated July 13, 1999, copies of which are available on request from the Company.
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq:TQNT) is a leading worldwide supplier of a broad range of high performance gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits. TriQuint s products span the RF and millimeter wave frequency ranges and employ analog and mixed signal circuit designs. They are used in wireless communications, telecommunications, data communications and aerospace systems. TriQuint offers both standard and customer specific products as well as foundry services. TriQuint s two operations, in Oregon and Texas, are both certified to the ISO 9001 international quality standard.
TriQuint is headquartered at 2300 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124 and can be reached at 503/615-9000 (fax 503/615-8900). Visit the TriQuint website at www.triquint.com.
Contact:
TriQuint Semiconductor
Dr. Dilek Barlas, 978/970-1782, dbarlas@tqs.com
Rob Hamilton, 503/615-9407, rhamilton@tqs.com
TriQuint Semiconductor
Dr. Dilek Barlas, 978/970-1782, dbarlas@tqs.com
Rob Hamilton, 503/615-9407, rhamilton@tqs.com
E-mail: rhamilton@tqs.com
Web site: http://www.triquint.com
