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RF Micro Devices

(RFMD) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$1.3B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$956.2M

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RF Micro Devices, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina in 1991. We are a recognized global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency (RF) components and compound semiconductors. Our products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the cellular handset, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN), cable television (CATV)/broadband and aerospace and defense markets. We are recognized for our diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise and we are a preferred supplier to the worlds leading mobile device, customer premises and communications equipment providers. Our design and manufacturing expertise encompasses all major applicable semiconductor process technologies, which we access through both internal and external resources. We are the worlds largest manufacturer of gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based compound semiconductors. We access silicon, silicon germanium (SiGe) and other technologies through leading foundries. Our broad design and manufacturing resources enable us to deliver products optimized for performance and cost in order to best meet our customers performance, cost and time-to-market requirements. In fiscal 2009, our Cellular Products Group (CPG) supplied essentially all of the leading handset original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs). ...

Number of Employees 4,095

Contact Information

7628 Thorndike Rd

Greensboro, North Carolina 27409-9421

rfmd.com

(336) 664-1233

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Company News

Recent Events

RF Micro upgraded to buy at UBS

12/02/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
RFMD Announces Major Gallium Nitride GaN Milestones

11/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
RF Micro Devices Completes Restructuring; Expects To Be Net Cash Positive In FY11 - Update

11/16/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
RFMD Introduces Frequency Converter IC

11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Market Skepticism Over Recovery Likely To Keep Sentiment Subdued - RTTNews Daily Market Analysis

10/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Northland Securities Initiates Coverage on RF Micro Devices RFMD with an Outperform

10/13/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
QCOM, HBAN, SYMC, RFMD, TLCR, MXIM With Highest Daily Short Volume On

10/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
52.71% Of All NASDAQ BX Trading Monday Was Short Selling. MXIM, BSX, CSCO, RFMD, AMD,...

9/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
RFMD Introduces GSM/GPRS PA Module For TRP Performance

8/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
RFMDR Delivers Significantly Improved Operating Results and Cash Flow

7/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
RF Micro to work on solar cells

7/01/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
RFMD And U.S. Department Of Energy's National Renewable Energy...

7/07/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
RFMDÂ® Introduces Highly Integrated, Multi-Use VCO For...

6/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Power amp fit Wi-Fi, WiMAX apps

6/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

gaas and rf micro devices - All News and Analysis

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Skyworks and RF Micro Devices Pull Away from the Rest; Market Leaders Increase Market Share Lead by 19 Percent

- 2005-08-08

BOSTON -- The new "GaAs Device Vendor Market Share 2004," from Strategy Analytics, concludes that RF Micro Devices and Skyworks pulled away from the rest of the industry in 2004, collectively, increasing their lead of the $2.4 billion GaAs device market by 19 percent in 2004. While there continued...

Tags: GAAS, RF Micro Devices, Strategy Analytics
STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Skyworks and RF Micro Devices Pull Away from the Rest; Market Leaders Increase Market Share Lead by 19 Percent.

- 2005-08-08

M2 PRESSWIRE-8 August 2005-Strategy Analytics, Inc.: STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Skyworks and RF Micro Devices Pull Away from the Rest; Market Leaders Increase Market Share Lead by 19 PercentC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08082005 Boston, MA - The new "GaAs Device Vendor Market Share...

Tags: GAAS, leader, RF Micro Devices, Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics: Skyworks turns up the heat in race for GaAs device market leadership; Is RF Micro Devices' run at the top over?

- 2005-03-07

M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2005-Strategy Analytics, Inc: Strategy Analytics: Skyworks turns up the heat in race for GaAs device market leadership; Is RF Micro Devices' run at the top over?C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07032005 Boston, MA - New research from Strategy Analytics...

Tags: GAAS, leadership, RF Micro Devices, Strategy Analytics
RF Micro Devices Announces Availability of GaAs HBT Driver Power Amplifiers for Cellular Base Station Infrastructure.

- 2004-06-09

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jun 9, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD): RFMD's Multi-Band RF3800 Series Of Driver PAs -- Provides Higher Breakdown Voltage For Superior Output Power, Efficiency And Linearity -- Assembled In...

Tags: amplifier, Company, GAAS, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., RF Micro Devices, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
PCS LNA/MIXER FAMILY USES GaAs HBT TO DELIVER HIGH PERFORMANCE AT LOW COST

- 1996-12-20

GREENSBORO, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 20, 1996--RF Micro devices, Inc. introduces the RF9936 and the RF9986, a pair of high-performance fully monolithic gallium arsenide heterojunction bipolar transistor GaAs HBT LNA/mixer products designed to address spread spectrum PCS applications in the North American band from 1930MHz - 1990MHz. The RF9936...

Tags: Business Wire, GAAS, high-performance, PCS, RF Micro Devices

Rfmd Power Amplifier Offers High Efficiency And Digitally Controlled Output

- 1996-11-13

GREENSBORO, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 13, 1996--RF Micro Devices, Inc. implements advanced GaAs HBT technology in its new RF 2155 programmable gain power amplifier. Designed for use as the final RF amplifier in analog cellular phone transmitters or ISM applications operating at 915MHz, the RF 2155 operates from a...

Tags: amplifier, Business Wire, GAAS, RF Micro Devices
1996 MTT-S IMS: the biggest and best ever. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Microwave Theory and Techniques Society's International Microwave Symposium)

- 1996-08-01

The 1996 MTT-5 International Microwave Symposium (IM5) and Exhibition June 16 to 21 was a record breaker by several standards. Ten thousand visitors attended the annual event, which was held this year in San Francisco's Moscone Center, by far an all-time record. These conference attendees kept...

Tags: GAAS, IEEE, microwave, NETWORKING, RF Micro Devices, technique, technology, theory