HILLSBORO, OREGON (USA) – January 23, 2009 – TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc (NASDAQ: TQNT), a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, was highlighted on PBS' 'NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,' which aired January 22 on international television. The NewsHour chronicled how several high tech companies are responding to the economic downturn.

In December 2008, TriQuint hosted Lee Hochberg, correspondent for the popular PBS show. TriQuint's strategy to focus on multiple communications markets such as mobile handsets, network infrastructure, and defense communications has been deemed "sensible" by analysts. The NewsHour highlighted TriQuint's Handset story, and its success in the smartphone market, through its interview with TriQuint President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ralph Quinsey. The program archive can be viewed online. (Click to view Video. You will be taken from TriQuint's website to PBS).

FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT
Founded in 1985, we "Connect the Digital World to the Global Network"™ by supplying high-performance RF modules, components and foundry services to the world's leading communications companies. Specifically, TriQuint supplies products to four out of the top five cellular handset manufacturers, and is a leading gallium arsenide (GaAs) supplier to major defense and space contractors. TriQuint creates standard and custom products using advanced processes that include gallium arsenide, surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies to serve diverse markets including wireless handsets, base stations, broadband communications and military. TriQuint is also lead researcher in a 3-year DARPA program to develop advanced gallium nitride (GaN) amplifiers. TriQuint, as named by Strategy Analytics in August 2008, is the number-three worldwide leader in GaAs devices and the world's largest commercial GaAs foundry. TriQuint has ISO9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Texas, and Florida and a production plant in Costa Rica; design centers are located in North America and Germany. Visit TriQuint at www.triquint.com/rf to receive new product information and to register for our newsletters.

Media Contact:
Brandi Frye
Director, Corporate Marketing Communications
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc
Tel: +1 503.615.9488
Mobile : +1.503.780.2318
E-mail: bfrye@tqs.com