SHENZHEN, CHINA – September 29, 2010 –TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc (NASDAQ: TQNT), a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, recently met with media in Shenzhen, China to celebrate 2010's $150 million revenue milestone*. During the conference, Mr. Ralph Quinsey, President and CEO of TriQuint, also presented the Chinese media with a strategy overview along with highlights of its 25 years of successful development.

Founded in 1985, TriQuint's advanced technologies, products and services have enabled its leadership in RF design; its components enable quicker design turns, higher performance, and lower part count and overall solution cost. After entering the greater China market in 2001, Mr. Quinsey stated TriQuint's China strategies are based on technology, support, education and relationship.

TriQuint has worked to establish a strong footprint in China by opening offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei and Zhongshan, and has nearly tripled its headcount over the last five years. Partnered with channel resellers, TriQuint has become a trusted RF provider for many tier-one Chinese telecommunication companies. TriQuint has also contributed to the educational development in China through select university programs. In 2009, TriQuint signed a business agreement with ZTE, and announced a partnership with Huawei in next generation optical transport systems. In addition to the business developments, TriQuint was awarded "Best Global Partner" from ZTE in each of the last three years; TriQuint was also named a "Most Popular Semiconductor Brand in China" by CEN in 2010. Through industry cultivation and a well-respected staff, TriQuint is proud to be a part of the growth in China.

"TriQuint is honored to partner with several local Chinese companies to advance mobile devices and the networks that carry voice, data and video," said Mr. Ralph Quinsey, President and CEO of TriQuint Semiconductor. "The world relies on connectivity. We are focused on providing cost-effective RF solutions that help our customers improve the performance of their applications, and ultimately, people's access to content."

Mr. Xiong Ting, China Country Manager at TriQuint, said, "Next year will mark a decade since TriQuint's entrance into China. We will continue to contribute to China's growth; through technology innovation and the development of our in-country staff, TriQuint can help advance local and global companies in China."

   

* $150 million milestone based on actual 2010 and forecasted Q3 and Q4 2010 revenue in Greater China, and excludes revenue from overseas transfer business.

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 '2010's $100 million revenue milestone', 'continuous investment', 'continue to contribute', 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
TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT) celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2010 as a leading global provider of innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the world's leading communications, defense and aerospace companies. People and organizations around the world need real-time, all-the-time connections; TriQuint products help reduce the cost and increase the performance of connected mobile devices and the networks that deliver critical voice, data and video communications. With the industry's broadest technology portfolio, recognized R&D leadership, and expertise in high-volume manufacturing, TriQuint creates standard and custom products using gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies. The company has ISO9001-certified manufacturing facilities in the U.S., production in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. For more information, visit www.triquint.com.

TriQuint: Connecting the Digital World to the Global Network®

Shannon Rudd
Strategic MarCom Manager
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc
Tel: +1.503.615.9407
Mobile: +1.503.750.3290
E-mail: srudd@tqs.com