RF Micro Devices
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RF Micro Devices is involved in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions for applications that drive wireless and broadband communications.

Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, RFMD is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol RFMD.

The Company was founded in Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...

, in 1991 by William J. Pratt, Powell T. Seymour and Jerry D. Neal.}}. The company's products are used in telecommunications, Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN
A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network...

, GPS, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

 and cable modems.

In late 2007, RFMD bought another RF component maker, Sirenza Microdevices and in 2008 bought Filtronic Compound Semiconductor Ltd. RF Micro also laid off about 350 workers and 80 as chip testing had moved to China.
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