nasdaq swks s & p 500 component industry semiconductors founded 2002 headquarters woburn massachusetts united states key people david aldrich executive chairman liam griffin president & ceo products wireless communication technologies revenue 3 258 million usd fy15 operating income 1 023.1 million usd fy15 number of employees 6 000 2016 website www.skyworksinc.com skyworks solutions inc. is a semiconductor company headquartered in woburn massachusetts united states . skyworks manufactures semiconductors for use in radio frequency rf and mobile communications systems . its products include power amplifiers front end modules and rf products for handsets and wireless infrastructure equipment . 1 the company s portfolio includes amplifiers attenuators circulators demodulators detectors diodes directional couplers front end modules hybrids infrastructure rf subsystems isolators lighting and display solutions mixers modulators optocouplers optoisolators phase shifters plls synthesizers vcos power dividers combiners power management devices receivers switches and technical ceramics . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit during 2009 and 2010 skyworks benefited from industry moves toward higher end mobile phones with multi band communication exiting fiscal year 2010 with revenue of 1.072 million . 2 although operating in a market dominated by big name companies skyworks doubled its share price in one year and in march 2010 was tipped by the forbes owned investopedia website as one of three not so famous stocks likely to give good capital returns in 2010 . 3 the company formed as a result of a merger of alpha industries and the wireless communications division of conexant which took effect on june 26 2002 . 4 headquartered in woburn massachusetts skyworks has manufacturing facilities in woburn newbury park california and mexicali mexico . it has design centers in irvine california santa rosa california newbury park woburn greensboro north carolina and cedar rapids iowa . 5 according to its website the company has design engineering manufacturing marketing sales and service facilities throughout north america europe japan and asia . 5 the music video for the postal service s song such great heights is set in skyworks newbury park chip fabrication plant . on october 5 2015 skyworks solutions entered a definitive agreement to acquire pmc sierra for 2 billion in cash . 6 however skyworks walked away from the deal having been outbid by microsemi . see also edit companies portal comparison of open source wireless drivers references edit skyworks launches wcdma pa modules with integrated daisy chain coupler . semiconductor today . april 12 2010 . retrieved 2010 04 18 . skyworks delivers 313.3 million in revenue and 0.43 of non gaap diluted eps in q4 fy10 . november 4 2010 . retrieved 2010 11 04 . 3 not so famous stocks that deserve the spotlight . investopedia . march 22 2010 . retrieved 2010 04 18 . alpha and conexant s wireless business complete merger ; 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