RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a leading provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications, today announced it has commenced production shipments of CDMA power amplifier (PA) modules to Samsung Electronics, the world's third largest handset manufacturer and a global leader in consumer electronics. These CDMA production shipments occur as RFMD® marks the delivery of its 100 millionth RF component to Samsung. Both milestones highlight the strength of the relationship between RFMD and Samsung and underscore the success of RFMD's PA product portfolio.
"Crossing the 100-million-shipments mark with a major market leader such as Samsung is evidence of RFMD's technology leadership and diversified portfolio of highly integrated cellular components," said Eric Creviston, vice president of RFMD's cellular products group. "We are extremely pleased to announce this milestone with a highly valued customer such as Samsung, and we are also excited to commence production shipments of CDMA PA modules. These production shipments represent our first-ever shipments of CDMA power amplifiers to Samsung. These are significant milestones for RF Micro Devices."
Other major milestones for RFMD include becoming the first semiconductor company to ship an industry-leading 1 billion highly integrated cellular PAs. RF Micro Devices is the global market share leader in cellular PAs. RFMD was also first to ship 5 million EDGE transceiver chipsets, and the Company is currently the market leader in transceiver chipsets for EDGE handsets.