Skyworks Solutions

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Irvine, California, United States.

Not to be confused with Skyworks Global.
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
TypePublic
Nasdaq: SWKS
NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500 Component
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2002 (2002)
HeadquartersIrvine, California, United States
Key people
Liam Griffin (Chairman, President & CEO)
ProductsWireless communication technologies
Revenue US$5.11 billion (2021)
US$1.61 billion (2021)
US$1.50 billion (2021)
Total assets US$8.59 billion (2021)
Total equity US$5.30 billion (2021)
Number of employees
11,000 (Oct 2021)
Websitewww.skyworksinc.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Skyworks manufactures semiconductors for use in Radio Frequency (RF) and mobile communications systems. Its products include power amplifiers, front-end modules and RF products for handsets and wireless infrastructure equipment.[2] The company's portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, circulators, demodulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, isolators, lighting and display products, mixers, modulators, optocouplers, opto-isolators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, power management devices, receivers, switches and technical ceramics.

History

The company formed as a result of a merger of Alpha Industries and the wireless communications division of Conexant, which took effect on June 26, 2002.[3] Headquartered in Irvine, California, Skyworks has manufacturing facilities in Woburn, Massachusetts, Newbury Park, California and Mexicali, Mexico. It has design centers in Irvine; Santa Rosa, California; Newbury Park; Woburn; Greensboro, North Carolina; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Ottawa, Ontario.[4] According to its website, the company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.[4]

The music video for The Postal Service's song "Such Great Heights" is set in Skyworks' Newbury Park chip fabrication plant.[5]

On October 5, 2015, Skyworks Solutions entered a definitive agreement to acquire PMC-Sierra for $2 billion in cash.[6] However, Skyworks walked away from the deal, having been outbid by Microsemi.. On April 22, 2021, Skyworks Solutions entered into a definitive agreement with Silicon Labs to acquire their Infrastructure & Automotive business for $2.75 billion.[7]

See also

References
  1. "U.S. SEC: Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Form 10-K". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 24 November 2021.
  2. "Skyworks launches WCDMA PA modules with integrated daisy chain coupler". Semiconductor Today. April 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  3. "Alpha and Conexant's Wireless Business Complete Merger; Skyworks Commences Operations as an Independent Company". Business Wire. June 26, 2002. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  4. Locations. Skyworks website. Retrieved 2019-12-09
  5. "Fab Video". Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Archived from the original on 2005-03-01. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". everything RF. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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