Annual Award Recognizes ZTE's Suppliers' Quality, Delivery, Cost and Service Performance

HILLSBORO, Ore. & SHENZHEN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TQNT), a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, announced it has received ZTE Corporation's "Supplier of the Year" award for 2010. ZTE is a leading Chinese manufacturer of wireless communication system equipment and annually recognizes top suppliers who exhibit superior Quality, Delivery, Cost and Service Performance. TriQuint has achieved top supplier recognition for the fourth consecutive year and is ZTE's largest provider of power amplifiers for mobile devices.

Mr. Zeng Zhaoxiang, Vice General Manager of ZTE Kang Xun, said, "TriQuint is the leading GaAs semiconductor manufacturer in the world and the largest strategic partner to ZTE for mobile phone power amplifiers. We've developed a solid partnership throughout the years with close alignment between top management. Again in 2010, TriQuint exhibited good Quality, Delivery, Cost and Service Performance (QDCS) with outstanding technical support and service. ZTE appreciates TriQuint's strong support of many of ZTE's projects."

"TriQuint has experienced tremendous growth over the past three years in part because of strong relationships with key customers such as ZTE. We pride ourselves on working closely with our customers to deliver innovative radio frequency solutions that lower the cost and improve the performance of our customers' applications. We are honored to accept this award from ZTE and look forward to continuing a mutually prosperous relationship for years to come," said Tim Dunn, Vice President Mobile Devices at TriQuint Semiconductor.

TriQuint supplies a variety of radio frequency solutions to ZTE, including power amplifiers, SAW filters, and multi-function integrated modules for all wireless communication standards, including GSM/GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

Founded in 1985, TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TQNT) is a leading global provider of innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the world's top 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 Semiconductor, Inc.
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srudd@tqs.com
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