Report Names TriQuint Fastest-Growing GaAs Company

Aug. 9, 2007

TriQuint Semiconductor has been named the fastest-growing company out of the top three among GaAs device manufacturers in a report by Strategy Analytics. According to the report, TriQuint's revenues grew 37 percent year-to-year for the year ending 2006. The research company estimates that revenues for the total GaAs device market (merchant and captive markets) grew 10 percent year-to-year for that same time period, to $3.1 billion. The report notes that the GaAs market is now split between companies that target high volume markets and those that have chosen to focus on high-value applications. TriQuint reported earnings growth of 433 percent in 2006 over 2005, supply production volumes to four of the top five cellular handset manufacturers.

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.