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Skyworks Powers Multiple Chipsets Targeting Smartphones, Tablets and Other Mobile Devices

Solutions Compatible with the First Fully Integrated LTE Modem Baseband with Application Processor

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2012-- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, today announced that several of its front-end solutions are being leveraged by the industry’s leading baseband providers for their smartphone platforms currently supporting all of the world's leading mobile broadband standards. Several of Skyworks’ newest power amplifiers and front-end modules deliver approximately 50 percent power added efficiency with a 30 percent smaller footprint. Specifically, Skyworks’ solutions are compatible with the world’s first fully integrated long term evolution (LTE) modem chipset containing an integrated dual core application processor for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

“Skyworks is delighted to be partnering with the industry’s leading baseband providers to deliver innovative solutions that meet the needs of next generation mobile devices,” said Gregory L. Waters, executive vice president and general manager of front-end solutions at Skyworks. “Our product portfolio continues to push performance and integration to new levels that when combined with best-in-class chipset platforms are enabling platforms that offer consumers unparalleled performance and enhanced user experiences.”

About Skyworks’ Front-End Solutions

The SKY77354 is the smallest GPRS/EDGE power amplifier module (PAM) designed to be compatible with fixed gain linear EDGE platforms. When combined with Skyworks’ latest 3G and 4G PAs, this architecture offers the highest performance in the smallest possible size for any LTE modem implementation.
The SKY77558 is a linear fixed gain EDGE FEM designed in a very compact form factor. When combined with the Skyworks’ newest high efficiency PAs, it offers a cost competitive solution with a significantly lower current consumption when compared to the prevailing multimode, multiband implementation.
The SKY77733 (Bands XIII/XIV) and SKY77737 (Bands XII/XVII) PAMs are the first LTE solutions based on Skyworks’ newest high efficiency PAs.
The SKY77761, SKY77762, SKY77764, SKY77765 and SKY77768 PAMs are solutions for Bands I, II, IV, V and VIII that are based on Skyworks’ newest high efficiency PAs.
The SKY77619 is the smallest, most integrated and highest performance, multimode PAM leveraging Skyworks’ newest high efficiency PAs and supporting next generation smartphones and tablets.

Skyworks at 2012 Mobile World Congress

Skyworks will be showcasing its product portfolio in Hall 8, Stand C132 at Mobile World Congress being held February 27 – March 1, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.

About Skyworks

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an innovator of high reliability analog semiconductors. Leveraging core technologies, Skyworks offers diverse standard and custom linear products supporting automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, energy management, industrial, medical, military, networking, smartphone and tablet applications. The Company’s portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, circulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, isolators, lighting and display solutions, mixers/demodulators, optocouplers, optoisolators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, power management devices, receivers, switches and technical ceramics.

Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Skyworks is worldwide with engineering, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit Skyworks’ Web site at: www.skyworksinc.com

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This news release includes "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include without limitation information relating to future results and expectations of Skyworks (including without limitation certain projections and business trends). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends," "believes," "plans," "may," "will," or "continue," and similar expressions and variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those projected, and may affect our future operating results, financial position and cash flows.

These risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, but are not limited to: uncertainty regarding global economic and financial market conditions; the susceptibility of the wireless semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by our, and our customers', products to economic downturns; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage inventory; losses or curtailments of purchases or payments from key customers, or the timing of customer inventory adjustments; the availability and pricing of third party semiconductor foundry, assembly and test capacity, raw materials and supplier components; changes in laws, regulations and/or policies in the United States that could adversely affect financial markets and our ability to raise capital; our ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a highly price competitive and rapidly changing technological environment; whether we are able to successfully integrate Advanced Analogic Technologies’ operations; economic, social and political conditions in the countries in which we, our customers or our suppliers operate, including security and health risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; fluctuations in our manufacturing yields due to our complex and specialized manufacturing processes; delays or disruptions in production due to equipment maintenance, repairs and/or upgrades; our reliance on several key customers for a large percentage of our sales; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry standards, and to identify opportunities in new markets; uncertainties of litigation, including potential disputes over intellectual property infringement and rights, as well as payments related to the licensing and/or sale of such rights; our ability to rapidly develop new products and avoid product obsolescence; our ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with the experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; lengthy product development cycles that impact the timing of new product introductions; unfavorable changes in product mix; the quality of our products and any remediation costs; shorter than expected product life cycles; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration; and our ability to continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties, as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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