Type Public CEO David J. Aldrich (2002–) | Industry Semiconductors Number of employees 7,000 | |
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Traded as NASDAQ: SWKS
NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500 Component Key people David Aldrich, Executive Chairman
Liam Griffin, President & CEO Products Wireless communication technologies Revenue $3,289 million USD (FY16) Headquarters Woburn, Massachusetts, United States Founded 26 June 2002, Woburn, Massachusetts, United States Subsidiaries Skyworks Solutions Company Profiles | ||
Skyworks solutions
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, United States.
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Skyworks manufactures semiconductors for use in radio frequency (RF) and mobile communications systems. Its products include power amplifiers, front-end modules and RF products for handsets and wireless infrastructure equipment. The company's portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, circulators, demodulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, isolators, lighting and display solutions, mixers, modulators, optocouplers, optoisolators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, power management devices, receivers, switches and technical ceramics.
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History
The company formed as a result of a merger of Alpha Industries and the wireless communications division of Conexant, which took effect on June 26, 2002. Headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, Skyworks has manufacturing facilities in Woburn, Newbury Park, California and Mexicali, Mexico. It has design centers in Irvine, California; Santa Rosa, California; Newbury Park; Woburn; Greensboro, North Carolina; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. According to its website, the company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia.
The music video for The Postal Service's song "Such Great Heights" is set in Skyworks' Newbury Park chip fabrication plant.
On October 5, 2015, Skyworks Solutions entered a definitive agreement to acquire PMC-Sierra for $2 billion in cash. However, Skyworks walked away from the deal, having been outbid by Microsemi.