HILLSBORO, OR (USA) & SHANGHAI, CHINA - March 24, 2010 - TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced it received China Electronics News’ (CEN) “Most Popular Semiconductor Brand in China” award for 2009. This award recognizes TriQuint’s brand influence, sales revenue, product performance and service, as well as localization efforts in China. Award recipients were chosen by a combination of the CEN editorial team and results of an online poll on CEN’s website.

TriQuint established business in China in 2001 and provides radio frequency solutions for mobile devices, wireless communications network infrastructure and foundry services. TriQuint has worked to establish a footprint in China by opening offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Zhongshan, launching a Chinese language website, and working with local universities to increase awareness of radio frequency technology.

“We are honored to receive this award from China Electronic News,” said Ting Xiong, China Country Manager of TriQuint. “In 2010 TriQuint is celebrating its 25th anniversary and over the course of our history, we’ve worked hard to deliver innovative, high-quality products that enable the devices and networks for voice, data and video. We are pleased that our efforts to partner with Chinese companies are recognized by readers of China Electronic News.”

ABOUT CHINA ELECTRONICS NEWS

China Electronics News, under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), is the most authoritative media in China's electronics information Industry. The newspaper focuses on economics and technology to explain the latest developments in government policies guiding the electronics industry as well as to report the latest science and technology developments in the electronics industry. It has a circulation of 200,000 in China.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. The cautionary statements made in this press release should be read as being applicable to all related statements wherever they appear. Statements containing such words as ‘innovative,’ ‘high quality,’ or similar terms are considered to contain uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. A number of factors affect TriQuint’s operating results and could cause its actual future results to differ materially from any results indicated in this press release or in any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, TriQuint including, but not limited to: those associated with the unpredictability and volatility of customer acceptance of and demand for our products and technologies, the ability of our production facilities and those of our vendors to meet demand, the ability of our production facilities and those of our vendors to produce products with yields sufficient to maintain profitability, as well as the other “Risk Factors” set forth in TriQuint’s most recent 10-Q report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This and other reports can be found on the SEC web site, www.sec.gov. A reader of this release should understand that these and other risks could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations expressed / implied in forward-looking statements.

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 mobile phone 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, laptops, GPS/PND,  base stations, broadband communications and military. TriQuint is also the lead researcher in a multi-year DARPA program to develop advanced gallium nitride (GaN) amplifiers. TriQuint, as named by Strategy Analytics¹, 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.

¹Announced February 2009 and May 2009, respectively.

Media Contact: Shannon Rudd
Strategic MarCom Manager
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc
Tel: +1.503.615.9407
E-mail: srudd@tqs.com