“Chip and component maker Skyworks has delivered profit of $12.2 million in the first three months of 2007, a giant step up from the $0.9 million recorded for the same period of 2006,” Compound Semiconductor reports.
“Overall sales for the two periods were similar, down from $185 million in 2006 to $180 million in 2007, with the lower revenues and higher profitability both resulting from Skyworks departure from the non-GaAs baseband market,” Compound Semiconductor reports.
“Skyworks’ president and CEO David Aldrich said, ‘Skyworks’ second fiscal quarter results demonstrate the strength of our new business model and reflect our efforts since exiting the baseband product area two quarters ago,'” Compound Semiconductor reports.
“The company’s highlights for the quarter featured the inclusion of the company’s Helios devices in a number of popular phones, such as LG’s Chocolate, and receipt of production orders for an unnamed forthcoming multimedia and music platform – possibly Apple’s eagerly-anticipated iPhone,” Compound Semiconductor reports.
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MacDailyNews Note: Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (SWKS) is currently trading up $0.05, or 0.7%, at $7.20 per share.
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“…Skyworks departure from the non-GaAs baseband market”
Well thank god for that. o.O
Meanwhile, the traditional GaAs baseband market feels completely snubbed and could not be reached for comment.
more like new ipod, the iphone is probably already in production (esp if they don’t want shortages)
6G iPod?
MDN Magic Word: Specific… uh huh!
I would hope they’re not just starting to build the iPhone now! The launch is next month!
Just a thought, I wonder where Apple gets all their boxes and documentation for new products printed. You never see any leaks through what should be conceivably be a high-risk leak area.
Is it possible they get them printed in-house?
I thought Foxconn/Hon-Hai produces the iPhones.
ISTR a report of pre-iPhone-announce-times, that Foxcon had received an order for 12 million “devices” (to-be iPhones).
Ah, here it is:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2238
Skyworks probably only produces a single component. I’ve got too little understanding of the technologies behind mobile phones to make a usefull guess about just what component exactly it might be.
See their website for yourself.
@ razor
Doubt it. We used to deal with that sort of thing all the time at WotC, and sometimes proof sheets would end up on ebay and such. Good way to loose a multi-million dollar account.
more likely a Moto phone, would be my guess. More than 20% of Skyworks’ current revenue comes from Moto business.
maybe it’s this one?
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/13575/