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Skyworks Expands ISO 9001:2000 Certification

Skyworks Expands ISO 9001:2000 CertificationWOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2004-- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:SWKS), the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on radio frequency (RF) and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications, today announced that it has received expanded International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 certification, increasing the number of company sites from four to 12. The facilities recognized under the ISO standard include Skyworks' major design, development and manufacturing sites in the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, China and India.

"Providing the same level of excellence, reliability and consistency across all of our processes and product portfolio is a key component of achieving customer satisfaction," said David J. Aldrich, president and CEO of Skyworks. "Our ability to obtain official recognition in meeting the ISO 9001:2000 standard provides independent acknowledgement that our wireless semiconductor solutions are designed to meet customers' stringent requirements and are of the highest quality."

"Single certification for 12 different locations is a true testament to the commitment Skyworks' employees have in developing and implementing best-in-class practices and standardization," said Nien-Tsu Shen, vice president of Quality for Skyworks. "This milestone was completed within Skyworks' two-year anniversary and is a first for a company of our size in North America. We are very proud to have accomplished this in such a short period of time."

ISO is the world's largest developer of standards. The ISO 9001:2000 standard outlines quality management principles designed to help companies improve performance, meet and strive to exceed customer requirements, and continually improve upon their practices through metrics and performance improvement processes.

About Skyworks

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on RF and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications. The company provides front-end modules, RF subsystems and cellular systems to handset, WLAN and infrastructure customers.

Skyworks is headquartered in Woburn, Mass., with executive offices in Irvine, Calif. The company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and India. For more information please visit www.skyworksinc.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include information relating to future results of Skyworks (including certain projections and business trends). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "believes," "plans," "may," "will," "continue," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those projected, and may affect our future operating results, financial position and cash flows.

These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: global economic and market conditions, such as the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by the company's and its customers' products; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products; the ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a rapidly changing technological environment; the ability to compete with products and prices in an intensely competitive industry; product obsolescence; losses or curtailments of purchases from key customers or the timing of customer inventory adjustments; the timing of new product introductions; the availability and extent of utilization of raw materials, critical manufacturing equipment and manufacturing capacity; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; changes in product mix; fluctuations in manufacturing yields; the ability to continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; labor relations of the company, its customers and suppliers; economic, social and political conditions in the countries in which Skyworks, its customers or its suppliers operate, including health and security risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and the uncertainties of litigation, as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.



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SOURCE: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.