RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ: RFMD) is involved in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions for applications that drive wireless and broadband communications.
Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, RFMD is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol RFMD.
The Company was founded in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1991 by William J. Pratt, Powell T. Seymour and Jerry D. Neal.[1]}}. The company's products are used in telecommunications, Wireless LAN, GPS, Bluetooth and cable modems.
In late 2007, RFMD bought another RF component maker, Sirenza Microdevices[2] and in 2008 bought Filtronic Compound Semiconductor Ltd.[3] RF Micro also laid off about 350 workers and 80 as chip testing had moved to China.