Skyworks Solutions

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Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
 Skyworks Solutions logo
Type Public (NASDAQ: SWKS)
Founded 26 June 2002, Woburn, Massachusetts
Headquarters Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
Key people David J. Aldrich, President & CEO
Industry Semiconductors
Products Wireless communication technologies
Revenue $779 million USD (2006)
Operating income $42 million USD (2006)
Employees 3,500 (2006)
Slogan Breakthrough Simplicity
Website www.skyworksinc.com
Sources: [1][2]

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS) is a manufacturer of semiconductors for use in radio frequency and mobile communications systems. The company formed as a result of a merger of Alpha Industries and the wireless communications division of Conexant, which took effect on 26 June 2002.[2] Headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, United States, Skyworks has manufacturing facilities in Woburn, Newbury Park, California and Mexicali, Mexico and design centers in Irvine, California, Santa Rosa, California, Newbury Park, Woburn and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. According to its website, the company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia.[3]

[edit] Products

The company's power amplifiers, front end modules and direct conversion transceivers compete for pin-compatible positions in many of today's handsets, cellular base stations, and wireless networking platforms. Skyworks also offers a portfolio of highly commoditized linear products, supporting tangential markets to automotive, broadband, industrial and medical customers.

[edit] Trivia

The music video for The Postal Service's song "Such Great Heights" is set in one of Skyworks' chip fabrication plants.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.skyworksinc.com/downloads/fastfacts.pdf Retrieved 6 January 2007.
  2. ^ a b http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=131895&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=309603&highlight= Retrieved 6 January, 2007.
  3. ^ http://www.skyworksinc.com/about_facilities.asp Retrieved 6 January, 2007.