RF Micro Devices Confirms Design Win for Class 8 GPRS-Capable Handset Technology Platform.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

2001 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2001

RF3108 GSM/GPRS Power Amplifier Module Designed For

Class 10 Application

(2001 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Booth 1415) -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a leading provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications, announced today that its RF3108 GSM power amplifier module has been selected by Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR.A) (formerly the Microelectronics Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) for use in its Class 8 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-capable handset technology platform.

"We are very pleased to provide a power amplifier module for this Class 8 GPRS-capable GSM handset technology platform," said Joe Grzyb, director of RFMD's power amplifier product line. "Handset manufacturers, particularly those in Asia, have shown growing interest in technology platforms, due to the need for accelerated time-to-market, reduced cost, ease of assembly and overall desire to reduce reliance on design engineering resources, which remain in short supply in the industry. We believe this trend has accelerated recently as tier-one manufacturers have outsourced to these Asian handset manufacturers to complement their supply strategy in a cost-effective way."

The RF3108 is a high performance triple-band GSM power amplifier module designed for Class 10 applications. It provides typical power-added efficiencies of 55 percent for GSM900, 52 percent for DCS1800 and 47 percent for PCS1900. The device is manufactured using RF Micro Devices' advanced GaAs HBT process and is offered in a small, cost-effective 9x10mm package. Samples and fully assembled evaluation boards are available now from RFMD.

RF Micro Devices, Inc., an ISO 9001-certified manufacturer, designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications such as cellular and PCS phones, wireless LANs 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 strategy is to focus on wireless markets by offering a broad range of standard and custom-designed RFICs in order to position itself as a "one-stop" solution for its customers' RFIC needs. In the September 4, 2000 issue of Fortune Magazine, RF Micro Devices was ranked second among Fortune's "100 Fastest Growing Companies." RF Micro Devices, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol RFMD.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to the 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 probable variability in quarterly operating results, the rate of growth and development of wireless markets, risks associated with the operation of wafer fabrication facilities, its ability to manage rapid growth and to attract and retain skilled personnel, variability in production yields, raw material availability, manufacturing capacity constraints, 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' Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Prospectus dated December 19, 2000 included in its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-49432) 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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