traded as nasdaq qrvo industry wireless handsets base station broadband communications military foundry founded 2015 headquarters greensboro north carolina with other campus in hillsboro oregon products gaas gan saw filters and baw foundry services and components subsidiaries triquint semiconductor rf micro devices slogan all around you website qorvo.com qorvo is an american semiconductor company that designs manufactures and supplies radio frequency systems and solutions for applications that drive wireless and broadband communications as well as foundry services . the company which trades on nasdaq was created by the merger of triquint semiconductor and rf micro devices which was announced in 2014 and completed on january 1 2015 . 1 2 the headquarters for the company originally were in both hillsboro oregon home of triquint and greensboro north carolina home of rfmd 3 but in mid 2016 the company began referring to its north carolina site as its exclusive headquarters . 4 qorvo s location in hillsboro oregon formerly the headquarters of triquint semiconductor history edit qorvo was created on january 1 2015 with the merger of triquint semiconductor and rf micro devices rfmd . 1 in june 2015 the new company became a component of the s & p 500 replacing tobacco company lorillard . 5 at the time of joining the s & p 500 qorvo was valued at 12 billion . 5 as of mid 2016 the oregon plant alone was employing almost 1 000 people . 4 name edit pronounced kor vo the name is intended to reflect the core technologies and innovations the companies plan to enable following their combination . the name s first syllable is meant to evoke chorus people triquint and rfmd working in unison as well as core technology . the second syllable vo is meant to indicate voyage or travel through air or space . 6 references edit a b arcieri katie january 2 2015 . qrvo trading begins after merger between triquint and rf micro . triad business journal . retrieved 4 january 2015 . spencer malia september 18 2014 . qorvo the company formerly known as triquint . portland business journal . retrieved 20 september 2014 . spencer malia september 19 2014 . triquint ceo qorvo to site its headquarters in portland ... and in north carolina photos . portland business journal . retrieved 20 september 2014 . a b rogoway mike august 6 2016 published online august 3 . qorvo headquarters now officially in north carolina not hillsboro . the oregonian . p. c10 . retrieved 2016 08 09 . a b rogoway mike june 9 2015 . qorvo hillsboro chipmaker will join s & p 500 . the oregonian oregonlive . retrieved 22 june 2015 . rogoway mike september 18 2014 . triquint rfmd confirm new name qorvo . the oregonian . retrieved february 1 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title qorvo & oldid 733677025 categories 2015 establishments in oregoncompanies based in greensboro north carolinahillsboro oregoncompanies listed on nasdaq navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 11 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view