STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Peregrine Semi Shipments Reflect Softer Cellphone Demand

Improvements Expected in 2010
BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
The Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component service predicts slower growth
ahead for CMOS silicon-on-sapphire RF switches in the report, "Peregrine
Shipment Milestone Reflects Softer Handset Demand, RF Architecture Shifts." CMOS
silicon-on-sapphire RF switches are used in antenna switch modules for cellular
handsets.

In September 2009, Peregrine Semiconductor announced that it had shipped its 500
millionth "UltraCMOS" (CMOS on silicon-on-sapphire) integrated circuit, an
impressive accomplishment. Peregrine`s CMOS RF switches, which made up most of
the shipped units, have displaced gallium arsenide (GaAs) switches in antenna
switch modules.

"Strategy Analytics estimates that Peregrine Semiconductor shipped about 250
million RF switches in 2008, but will probably ship significantly fewer in 2009,
as a consequence of the economic slowdown. In spite of the apparent drop in
2009, the future still looks positive for Peregrine, given the expected recovery
in cell phone shipments and the increasing complexity of cellular front-ends
driven by more radio bands," according to Chris Taylor, Director of the RF &
Wireless Components service at Strategy Analytics.

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