TriQuint Semiconductor registered revenues of $128.5 million in Q407 that were sequentially up by 5%. The company saw a strong demand for its handset product which saw 14% increase in revenue, with 59% being contributed by 3G. Besides, Wireless LAN also demonstrated strong growth.
During this period TriQuint introduced 802.11n chip for WLAN applications. For the mobile data market, it launched “Quad Band/Tri Band” 3G solution product. The company also announced availability of a high-voltage gallium arsenide (GaAs) power amplifier transistors designed to increase the efficiency of 3G cellular base stations leading to energy savings.
In terms of low cost handset solutions, it announced eight new products. It also introduced products for Ultra low cost solution mainly for North American market and under the same category introduced low cost CDMA solution for emerging markets. The company announced BiHEMT manufacturing process for building Next Generation Wireless Solutions.