HILLSBORO, OR (USA) and SHENZHEN, CHINA - May 15, 2008 –TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TQNT) a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, today announced it received ZTE Corporation’s 2007 Supplier of the Year Award. ZTE, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, recognized TriQuint as “Supplier of the Year” for its performance on cost, quality, delivery and service. ZTE utilizes multiple TriQuint products for mobile phones and base station applications. These TriQuint products include TriQuint’s highly integrated QUANTUM Tx Module™ family for use in ZTE’s rapidly growing line of ultra low-cost handsets for emerging markets and TriQuint’s leading-edge HADRON PA Module™ family for ZTE’s successful high-end WEDGE-enabled handsets.

Mr. Weibing Tian, Vice President of ZTE KangXun, said “TriQuint is a key supplier to ZTE Corporation and we deeply appreciate their consistent, high-quality products, reliability and commitment to customer service. Their highly integrated RF solutions lower ZTE’s bill-of-materials and work seamlessly with the Silicon transceivers, enabling us to get to market with the latest solutions faster. We look forward to continuing to work closely with TriQuint and together, enjoying mutual success.”

Mr. Todd DeBonis, Vice President of Sales for TriQuint remarked, “We are honored to receive this award from ZTE, recognized as one of the fastest growing ODM’s in China. We strive to deliver high-quality, high performance modules to our handset customers. This award is highly gratifying and recognizes the commitment of each TriQuint employee to delivering top-notch products and superior customer service.”

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 three-year DARPA program to develop advanced gallium nitride (GaN) amplifiers. TriQuint, as named by Strategy Analytics in August 2007, 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 register for our newsletters.

Shannon Rudd
Marketing Communications Manager
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
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E-mail: srudd@tqs.com

Richard Lin
Director—Asia Sales
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
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E-mail: rlin@tqs.com