RF Micro Devices Announces Production Shipments to Quanta; RFMD's RF3110 PowerStar Power Amplifier Module Shipping To Quanta For E-GSM Handsets.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2003

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a leading provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications, today announced production shipments of its RF3110 PowerStar(TM) power amplifier (PA) module to Quanta Computer, Inc., a leading global original design manufacturer (ODM), for use in multiple E-GSM (EGSM900/GSM1800/GSM1900) handsets. E-GSM provides mobile users with enhanced quality voice and data services.

RFMD's PowerStar solutions feature integrated power control circuitry, eliminating the need for directional couplers, detector diodes, power control ASICs and other power control circuitry, while providing handset manufacturers the key benefits of reduced component count, improved production yield, simplified phone calibration and faster time-to-market. The RF3110 is one of multiple PowerStar solutions RFMD is currently shipping in high volume into GSM, GPRS and EDGE handsets in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific markets. RFMD has sold more than $150 million of PowerStar products to date, supporting the Company's position as the world's leading manufacturer of power amplifiers.

Eric Creviston, corporate vice president of wireless products at RF Micro Devices, said, "We're very pleased that our market-leading RF3110 PowerStar PA module was selected by Quanta to be the critical power amplifier component in their E-GSM handsets. Leading handset manufacturers, such as Quanta, are seeking power amplifier solutions that enable them to reduce phone costs while simplifying phone design and manufacturing. Our PowerStar products have gained significant traction among these customers, due to their ability to reduce engineering time and resources in product test, accelerate time-to-market and reduce total cost."

Georges Boulloy, senior vice president and general manager of Quanta's wireless business unit, said, "RF Micro Devices' RF3110 power amplifier module is a key component of our E-GSM handset products and allows us to provide small, low-cost, feature-rich handsets to our customers. RFMD's innovative power control technology maximizes transmitter yields and minimizes design time, which enables us to bring our products to market quickly and efficiently."

The RF3110 is manufactured using GaAs HBT for power amplification and silicon CMOS for the integrated power control circuitry. The product is packaged in a 10 x 10 mm leadless chip carrier and is available now from RFMD.

About PowerStar Power Amplifier Modules

RFMD's PowerStar PA modules with patent-pending integrated power control eliminate the need for directional couplers, detector diodes, power control ASICs and other power control circuitry, while providing handset manufacturers the key benefits of reduced component count, improved production yield, simplified phone calibration and faster time-to-market. PowerStar PA modules utilize RFMD's patent-pending collector control method of power control, which is the industry's leading method of integrated power control for GSM PAs. Unlike other methods of power control, such as current sensing and power detect, collector control requires no external components and demonstrates minimum variation across temperature, frequency and voltage. RFMD's PowerStar product family includes the first-generation triple-band RF3110, the second-generation quad-band RF3133 and quad-band RF3140 and the third-generation quad-band RF3146, which is designed using RFMD's patent-pending Lead Frame Module(TM) packaging technology.

Power amplifiers are one of the most critical components in the radio section of handsets and amplify the handset's signal through its antenna back to the base station.

RF Micro Devices, Inc., an ISO 9001- and ISO 14001-certified manufacturer, designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary RFICs primarily for wireless communications products and applications such as cellular and PCS phones, base stations, WLANs, and cable television modems. The Company offers a broad array of products - including amplifiers, mixers, modulators/demodulators, and single-chip receivers, transmitters and transceivers - representing a substantial majority of the RFICs required in wireless subscriber equipment. The Company's goal is to be the premier supplier of low-cost, high-performance integrated circuits and solutions for applications that enable wireless connectivity. RF Micro Devices, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol RFMD. For more information about RFMD, please visit www.rfmd.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to RF Micro Devices' plans, objectives, estimates and goals. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "projects," "believes," and "estimates," and variations of these words and similar expressions, identify these forward-looking statements. RF Micro Devices' business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability in quarterly operating results, the rate of growth and development of wireless markets, risks associated with the operation of wafer fabrication, molecular beam epitaxy and test, tape and reel facilities and the Company's conversion from four-inch to six-inch wafer manufacturing, its ability to manage rapid growth and to attract and retain skilled personnel, variability in production yields, its ability to control and reduce costs and improve gross margins on highly integrated products, dependence on a limited number of customers and dependence on third parties. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in RF Micro Devices' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K 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.

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