ZTE to Purchase $50 Million of TriQuint Wireless Components; DOD Accredits TriQuint as Category 1A 'Trusted Foundry'
Source/Type: News - Staff reports

Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

May 11, 2009... TriQuint of Hillsboro, Oregon USA, reports that ZTE Corporation of China has agreed to purchase $50 million of its RF components for wireless in 2009. Additionally, TriQuint announed that the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has accredited its Richardson facility as a category 1A 'Trusted Foundry' for 100mm gallium arsenide (GaAs) components.
According to the supply agreement, ZTE will procure CDMA, GSM and WCDMA ASICs. Ralph Quinsey, President and CEO of TriQuint Semiconductor commented, <i>"Not only does this agreement strengthen the relationship of the two companies, but our innovations will bring high quality voice, data, and video communications to people everywhere."</i>
<a href="http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/view/cldoc.php?id=117444#top">TriQuint News Release</a>.

<p>TriQuint notes that the DOD accreditation certifies that it processes meet stringent product control and secure handling standards during all stages of circuit fabrication. DOD accreditation also creates an avenue for increased high security MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) business, TriQuint Director of Defense and Aerospace Product Marketing, Dr. Gailon Brehm indicated. Accreditation through the Trusted Access Program Office (TAPO) and the DOD’s Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) requires following policies and procedures regarding ‘chain of custody’ during manufacturing to safeguard against supply chain interruption, modification or tampering with devices as well as unauthorized reverse engineering. <a href="http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/view/cldoc.php?id=117443#top">TriQuint News Release</a>

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