HILLSBORO, Oregon & RICHARDSON, Texas (USA) –November 3, 2009 – TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT), a leading RF products manufacturer and foundry services provider, has been recognized by Raytheon Company for exceptional performance in supporting the company’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business during 2008.

TriQuint was one of five companies recognized by Raytheon at the four-star level; this is the second consecutive year that TriQuint was honored with a Raytheon SAS Supplier Excellence Award (SEA). Winning suppliers represent less than one percent of the SAS supply base. Only 30 companies of the 3,000 that supply Raytheon SAS received awards.

Winning companies were chosen by Raytheon for meeting demanding quality and delivery performance, customer satisfaction as well as total business and financial health standards. Evaluations from Raytheon buyers and material program managers who work with TriQuint every day were part of the selection process.

“We’re extremely proud of this recognition by Raytheon SAS for the second consecutive year that spotlights our service and work on chipsets for phased array radar and other critical programs,” remarked Tom Cordner, TriQuint Vice President, who received the award along with Dr. Gailon Brehm, TriQuint’s Military Products Marketing Director.

“Recognition by Raytheon SAS is gratifying because it honors the TriQuint professionals who dedicate themselves to defense and aerospace products. We know service men and women across the globe depend on Raytheon systems and the contributions our products make to their operations,” remarked Dr. Brehm. “We continually strive to offer customers the best service available from our top-rated foundry, supported by the ISO/AS9100 Approved Quality System.”

TriQuint is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, highly-reliable integrated circuits for defense and aerospace applications including communications satellites, phased array radar, guidance, control and related systems. TriQuint’s expertise in GaAs and GaN power technologies as well as packaged and custom products including SAW and BAW filters has made the company a major system component supplier to leading defense and aerospace contractors.

TriQuint was named by Strategy Analytics¹ as a top-tier supplier of GaAs devices and the world’s largest commercial GaAs foundry in 2009. TriQuint became a DoD Category 1A ‘Trusted Foundry’ for GaAs devices in 2008. TriQuint is also a leading RF supplier to consumer wireless markets such as mobile phones, wireless LAN devices and GPS systems. For more information about TriQuint Semiconductor, visit www.triquint.com; register for defense and aerospace product updates and our newsletter at: www.triquint.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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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 in the top five mobile phone manufacturers’ products, 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, gallium nitride (GaN), 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 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 to receive new product information and to register for our newsletters.
¹ Announced February 2009 and May 2009, respectively.

TriQuint Marketing Contact:
Dr. Gailon Brehm
Director – Defense & Aerospace Product Marketing
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Tel: +1 (972) 994-3896
Fax: +1 (972) 994-8504
E-mail: gbrehm@tqs.com

TriQuint Media Contact:
Mark Andrews
Strategic Marketing Communications Manager
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Tel: +1 (407) 884-3404
Mobile: +1 (407) 353-8727
E-mail: mandrews@tqs.com