About the Company
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an American company that is involved in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing of semiconductor products as well as intellectual property. Skyworks Solutions went public on September 07, 1984, on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of ‘’SWKS’’. Skyworks Solutions stocks are also enlisted on the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 indices.
This company manufactures high-performance analogue semiconductors that connect everyone and everything (cellular to vehicles). The product portfolio of Skyworks Solutions comes in a broad variation which includes Switches, Amplifiers, Optocouplers, Diodes, Front-end Modules, Power Management, Attenuators, Technical Ceramics, RF Passives, etc. Also it covers a wide range of applications. These include aerospace and defence, consumer, automotive, infrastructure, mobile, medical and healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT), to name a few. It also provides a number of system solutions. These include Diversity Receive (DRX) and MIMO, Transmit, SkyOne®, Sky5®, Antenna Management, Cellular IoT, Wi-Fi Connectivity and Audio.
The geographical reach of Skyworks Solutions includes the United States, Taiwan, South-Korea, Europe, Middele-East, Africa, etc. Skyworks Solutions manages its business operations with facilities (design, manufacturing, engineering, sales and service facilities) spanning across North America, Europe and Asia. Furthermore, this company has its design division in quite a number of places including Irvin, Santa Rosa, Greensboro, Cedar Rapids, Ottawa, and Newbury Park. Skyworks Solutions set its footprint in the semiconductors industry in 2002, when Alpha Industries and Conexant (its wireless communications segment) merged. The company has its headquarters in Irvine, California. Skyworks Solutions is registered with the US Security and Exchange Commission and was incorporated in the state of Delaware. As of 2020, the company has employee strength of approximately 9000.
The business of Skyworks Solutions expanded through a number of acquisitions. In 2009, the company acquired Axiom Microdevices. In 2011, the company further grew with the acquisition of SiGe Semiconductor and Advanced Analogic Technologies. In 2018, it acquired Avnera. This purchased is considered as the largest acquisition by Skyworks Solutions. The deal was closed at the price of approximately $405 million. In 2020, Skyworks Solutions bagged several awards. The company ranked 1235 on the Forbes list of Global 2000. Skyworks Solutions also came 714th on the Fortune 500 companies list in 2020.;
Organisation | Skyworks Solutions Inc |
Industry | Semiconductors |
HeadQuarters | Irvine, CA |