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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 6:37:39 PM
Company to Transfer Epitaxial Wafer Growth Facility to IQE to Drive Industry's Lowest Manufacturing Costs
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rf-micro-devices-r-outsource-203000615.html
GREENSBORO, N.C., June 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMD - News), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to transfer its molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) wafer growth facility to IQE plc., a leading global supplier of advanced semiconductor wafers. RFMD's MBE growth facility supplies MBE wafer starting material to RFMD's wafer manufacturing facilities, which RFMD will continue to own and operate in Greensboro, NC, and Newton Aycliffe, UK.
RFMD's GaAs semiconductor products incorporate transistor layers grown on either an MBE or metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process. RFMD outsources all MOCVD-based starting material, and RFMD will outsource MBE-based starting material with the completion of the transfer. In conjunction with the transfer, RFMD and IQE have entered into a supply agreement under which IQE will supply RFMD MBE- and MOCVD-based starting material. The transfer and supply agreement will lower RFMD's manufacturing costs, beginning in the September 2012 quarter. In the June 2012 quarter, RFMD currently estimates the transaction will result in a non-cash GAAP charge of approximately $0.02 to $0.03 related to equipment and inventory write-offs and will be approximately neutral to non-GAAP operating results.
Bob Bruggeworth, president and CEO of RFMD, stated, "We believe this is a mutually beneficial transaction for both RFMD and IQE. Of note, we expect this transaction will provide RFMD with lower MBE and MOCVD pricing, higher return on invested capital (ROIC), and more predictable operating results."
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