HILLSBORO, OR & RICHARDSON, TX (USA) – November 10, 2008 – TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc (NASDAQ: TQNT), a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, was recognized by Raytheon Company’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) during its annual Supplier Excellence Awards (SEA) event with a four-star award for quality, delivery performance and customer satisfaction. TriQuint was one of 15 companies recognized by Raytheon and one of only two that received top, four-star honors.

“We’re extremely proud to be recognized by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems for 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 men and women of TriQuint who consider working in defense and aerospace products a special type of assignment,” remarked Dr. Brehm. “We continually strive to offer our customers the industry’s best power and filter devices through our top-rated foundry, supported by our ISO/AS9100 Approved Quality System.

“Raytheon SAS has been an exemplary customer. We will continually pursue the highest standards, providing Raytheon with products that meet their standards of excellence: ‘No Doubt’,” he added.

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 RF, microwave and millimeter wave power and filter technologies, die-level devices, packaged products and integrated modules has made the company a leading supplier of system components to major defense and aerospace contractors throughout the world. TriQuint is also ranked the world’s largest GaAs foundry service and the defense industry’s leading foundry provider according to Strategy Analytics’ semiconductor market reports¹. 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/rf.

¹Source: Strategy Analytics, August 2008: GaAs Device Vendor Market Share 2007: North America; and GaAs Device Vendor Market Share 2007: Asia-Pacific and Europe.

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 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.

Dr. Gailon Brehm
Director – Military Product Marketing
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Tel: +1.972.994.3896
Fax: +1.407.994.8504
E-mail: gbrehm@tqs.com

Media Contact:
Mr. Mark Andrews
MarComm Manager
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Tel: +1.407.884.3404
Mobile: +1.407.353.8728
E-mail: mandrews@tqs.com