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Silicon Wave and RF Micro Devices Deliver Turnkey Bluetooth Solution for Serial Cable Replacement

Posted on: Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 06:00 CST

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003--

Complete UltimateBlue Serial Connectivity Solution Runs on the

ARM7TDMI Processor Core of the Silicon Wave SiW3500 and SiW3000

Single-Chip ICs

Silicon Wave and RF Micro Devices Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD) today announced the release of UltimateBlue(TM) Serial Connectivity, a Bluetooth(R) serial cable replacement solution for use with the SiW3500(TM) and SiW3000(TM) UltimateBlue chips. The integration of all the software elements, including Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP) and full Bluetooth protocol stack, on the SiW3500 and SiW3000 chips allows OEMs to quickly add wireless connectivity to their existing products. A typical commercial application would be to replace the cable connecting a handheld bar code scanner to a portable printer with a Bluetooth wireless connection. UltimateBlue Serial Connectivity has proven interoperability and is compliant to Bluetooth SPP specifications. The royalty-free software-based solution is Bluetooth specification qualified and available now.

"UltimateBlue Serial Connectivity greatly simplifies the replacement of cables with a Bluetooth wireless connection," said Steve Brown, vice president of business development and product marketing for Silicon Wave. "By leveraging our Bluetooth expertise, OEMs can quickly integrate this off-the-shelf serial cable replacement solution into their products and dramatically accelerate their time to market."

The UltimateBlue Serial Connectivity solution, SiW3500 and SiW3000 Bluetooth chips, and an SPP Evaluation Kit are available exclusively from RF Micro Devices, Silicon Wave's global channel partner for its CMOS single-chip radio processor and stand-alone radio modem Bluetooth solutions.

In May 2003, RF Micro Devices and Silicon Wave entered into a strategic relationship. Within the strategic relationship, Silicon Wave granted manufacturing licenses to RFMD for their single-chip UltimateBlue ICs and stand-alone CMOS Bluetooth radio modem solutions. RFMD is responsible for the supply chain of Silicon Wave's CMOS Bluetooth solutions and is the exclusive global channel partner for these products. Silicon Wave and RF Micro Devices are both Associate Members of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

About Silicon Wave

Based in San Diego, Silicon Wave is a leading provider of low-power, highly integrated RF communication system components for the global Bluetooth wireless market. Silicon Wave products and services include single-chip radio processors, stand-alone radio modems, baseband processors, software solutions and a baseband IP licensing program. Founded in 1997, the company was the first to deliver a fully qualified, single-chip radio modem for Bluetooth communications and first to achieve Bluetooth Specification Version 1.1 qualification for its products. Silicon Wave is an Associate Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The company's Web site is located at www.siliconwave.com.

About RF Micro Devices

RF Micro Devices Inc., an ISO 9001- and ISO 14001-certified manufacturer, designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary RFICs primarily for wireless communications products and applications such as cellular and PCS phones, base stations, WLANs and cable television modems. The company offers a broad array of products -- including amplifiers, mixers, modulators/demodulators, and single-chip receivers, transmitters and transceivers -- representing a substantial majority of the RFICs required in wireless subscriber equipment. The company's goal is to be the premier supplier of low-cost, high-performance integrated circuits and solutions for applications that enable wireless connectivity. RF Micro Devices Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol RFMD. For more information about RFMD, visit www.rfmd.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to RF Micro Devices' plans, objectives, estimates and goals. Words such as "expects,""anticipates,""intends,""plans,""projects,""believes," and "estimates," and variations of these words and similar expressions, identify these forward-looking statements. RF Micro Devices' business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability in operating results, the rate of growth and development of wireless markets, risks associated with the operation of wafer fabrication, molecular beam expitaxy and test, tape and reel facilities, its ability to manage rapid growth and to attract and retain skilled personnel, variability in production yields, its ability to control and reduce costs and improve gross margins, risks of foreign operations, dependence on a limited number of customers and dependence on third parties. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in RF Micro Devices' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements.

Silicon Wave, the diamond logo design, and the SiW product name prefix are registered trademarks and UltimateBlue is a trademark of Silicon Wave Inc. RF Micro Devices and RFMD are trademarks of RFMD LLC. Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc. and licensed to Silicon Wave Inc. All other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

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