UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012

or

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 0-22511

RF Micro Devices, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina	56-1733461
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7628 Thorndike Road Greensboro, North Carolina	27409-9421
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (336) 664-1233

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    x

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The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $1,735,810,474 as of October 1, 2011. For purposes of such calculation, shares of common stock held by persons who hold more than 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock and shares held by directors and officers of the registrant and their immediate family members have been excluded because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination is not necessarily conclusive.

There were 278,144,701 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of May 11, 2012.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The registrant has incorporated by reference into Part III of this report certain portions of its proxy statement for its 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, which is expected to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.

FORM 10-K

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2012

INDEX

		Page
	Forward-Looking Information.		3
	PART I
Item 1.	Business.		3
Item 1A.	Risk Factors.		12
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments.		22
Item 2.	Properties.		22
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings.		22
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures.		23
	PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.		23
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data.		26
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.		27
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.		42
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.		45
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.		85
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures.		85
Item 9B.	Other Information.		85
	PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.		85
Item 11.	Executive Compensation.		86
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.		86
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.		86
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services.		86
	PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.		86
Signatures.			88
Exhibit Index.			90

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Forward-Looking Information

This report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to certain disclosures contained in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, representations and contentions, and are not historical facts and typically are identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements included herein represent management’s current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements or publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, other than as is required under the federal securities laws.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our audited consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto.

PART I

We use a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year. Fiscal years 2012 and 2011 were 52-week years and fiscal 2010 was a 53-week year. Our other fiscal quarters end on the Saturday closest to June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “RFMD,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to RF Micro Devices, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

General

RF Micro Devices, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina in 1991. We are a recognized global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency (RF) components and compound semiconductor technologies. Our products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the mobile device, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN or WiFi), cable television (CATV)/broadband, Smart Energy/advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and aerospace and defense markets. We are recognized for our diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise, and we are a preferred supplier to the world’s leading mobile device, customer premises and communications equipment providers.

Our design and manufacturing expertise encompasses many semiconductor process technologies, which we access through both internal and external resources. We are a leading manufacturer of gallium-based (including gallium arsenide (GaAs), aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs), indium gallium phosphide (InGaP)) and gallium nitride (GaN) compound semiconductors for RF applications. We source silicon-based technologies and a small percentage of our GaAs requirements through external foundries. Our broad design and manufacturing resources enable us to deliver products optimized for performance and cost in order to best meet our customers’ performance, cost and time-to-market requirements.

Operating Segments

We design, develop, manufacture and market our products to both domestic and international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) in both wireless and wired communications applications, in each of our following operating segments.

• Cellular Products Group (CPG) – CPG is a leading supplier of cellular radio frequency components, such as power amplifier (PA) modules and transmit modules, which perform various functions in the cellular front end section located between the transceiver and the antenna. CPG is also a supplier of switch-based content in the cellular front end section, including antenna switch modules, antenna control solutions, switch filter modules and switch duplexer modules, which are increasingly required in next-generation 3G and 4G devices. CPG supplies its broad portfolio of cellular RF components into mobile devices including handsets, netbooks, notebooks, tablets, and USB modems.

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• Multi-Market Products Group (MPG) – MPG is a global supplier of a broad range of RF components such as PAs, low noise amplifiers (LNAs), variable gain amplifiers, high power GaN transistors, attenuators, mixers, modulators, switches, voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), phase locked loop modules, circulators, isolators, multi-chip modules, front-end modules, and a range of military and space components (amplifiers, mixers, VCOs, power dividers and transformers). Major communications applications include mobile wireless infrastructure (second generation (2G), third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G)), point-to-point and microwave radios, WiFi (infrastructure and mobile devices), and CATV wireline infrastructure. Industrial applications include Smart Energy/AMI, private mobile radio, and test and measurement equipment. Aerospace and defense applications include military communications, radar and electronic warfare, as well as space communications.

• Compound Semiconductor Group (CSG) – CSG has been established to leverage our compound semiconductor technologies and related expertise in RF and non-RF end markets and applications. CSG provides RFMD’s foundry services for both GaAs and GaN technologies.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2012, we re-evaluated our reportable segments under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 280 (ASC 280) and, based on new facts and circumstances, determined that CPG and MPG were separate reportable operating segments in accordance with ASC 280. CSG does not currently meet the quantitative threshold for an individually reportable segment under ASC 280-10-50-12.

For financial information about the results of our operating segments for each of the last three fiscal years, refer to Note 14 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this report.

Acquisitions

During fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2009, we completed three strategic acquisitions. In fiscal 2008, we acquired Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. (Sirenza) to significantly expand our product portfolio, diversify our customer base, enhance our profitability and increase our revenue growth opportunities. We also acquired Filtronic Compound Semiconductors, Limited (Filtronic) in fiscal 2008 to reduce our GaAs sourcing costs, increase our GaAs capacity (with the addition of a high-volume, state-of-the-art GaAs wafer fabrication facility, which we also refer to as a fab), reduce our capital expenditures, and expand our product portfolio of multi-market products. In fiscal 2009, we completed the acquisition of Universal Microwave Corporation (UMC). UMC designs and manufactures high-performance RF oscillators and synthesizers primarily for point-to-point radios, CATV head-end equipment and military communications radio markets. The acquisitions of Sirenza, Filtronic and UMC have furthered our strategic efforts in support of diversification and profitable growth.

Restructuring

In fiscal 2009, we announced a strategic restructuring that leveraged our leadership in RF components and compound semiconductor technologies. As part of the restructuring, we reduced or eliminated our investments in wireless systems, including cellular transceivers and global positioning systems (GPS) solutions. We initiated the restructuring in order to focus on our RF component and compound semiconductor opportunities, including cellular front ends and other components in CPG and our expanding portfolio of RF components in MPG.

Also in fiscal 2009, we initiated a separate restructuring to reduce manufacturing capacity and costs and operating expenses, due primarily to lower demand for our products resulting from the global economic slowdown. As part of the restructuring, we decreased our workforce, impaired certain property and equipment and reduced our fixed manufacturing and operating expenses.

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Industry Overview

Our business is diversified across multiple industries. The cellular handset industry is our largest market and is characterized by large unit volumes, significant technical barriers to entry and relatively short product lifecycles.

The cellular market is rapidly transitioning to smartphones and tablets based on the High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface standards. Entry level 2G-only handsets are still shipping in large volumes, but this market segment is decreasing as a percentage of total handsets shipped. The rapidly increasing global demand for internet access, email, social media, video sharing, and other mobile applications is driving the demand for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile data devices.

These devices typically contain more RF content than basic or feature phones. They support 2G, 3G and increasingly 4G air interface standards, require multiple frequency bands for broad geographic coverage, and target higher performance specifications. With smartphones growing faster than the overall handset market and containing more RF content, we expect our addressable market to grow faster than the overall handset market.

The RF content is also growing rapidly in notebook computers, laptops, and machine-to-machine (M2M) data devices. In notebook computers and laptops, the broad availability of high speed 3G and 4G networks is increasing the demand for cellular functionality. Similarly, M2M devices are increasingly integrating cellular content for a growing number of applications, including automotive, smart grid and electric and water utilities, medical, fleet management, and point-of-sale.

In addition, RFMD serves markets that are benefiting from the increasing demand for high data rate applications. In CATV infrastructure, the rapid growth in consumer data usage, primarily through high definition television (HDTV), as well as Internet protocol television (IPTV), voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and increases in Internet traffic, is driving market growth and placing increased emphasis on product performance, integration and power consumption. In cellular infrastructure, the expanding data traffic loads on networks are increasing the requirements for more and faster wireless backhaul systems (such as remote radio heads) that connect cellular base stations to switching centers. In addition, to increase network coverage and capacity, the cellular infrastructure market is expanding to include new architectures utilizing small cells such as micro cells, pico cells, and femtocells. As in our other markets, efforts to reduce energy consumption and lower carriers’ operating budgets are placing greater value on higher efficiency RF PAs. Also, Smart Energy/AMI systems, which are increasingly implemented using the Zigbee™ standard or other technologies requiring integrated RF components, are also proliferating. In WiFi, we are forecasting rapid growth in our market opportunity and have increased emphasis on our ability to innovate and deliver world-class products, given the increasing performance requirements of 802.11ac, the proliferation of WiFi in mobile devices, and the trend among cellular carriers to employ WiFi off-load strategies to reduce data traffic on their current networks.

Across our customers’ diversified industries, their end-market products continue to increase in complexity and RF content. This is expanding our addressable market and increasing our opportunities to deliver more highly integrated, higher value solutions. At the same time, we are leveraging our core capabilities, including scale manufacturing, advanced packaging capabilities and deep systems-level integration expertise, to target a greater number of applications and market opportunities.

Strategy

RFMD is leveraging our leadership in RF components and compound semiconductor technologies across multiple industries to capitalize on global macro trends related to mobility, broadband connectivity and energy conservation.

We employ a product leadership strategy and leverage core capabilities in design expertise, manufacturing scale, and process and packaging technology to meet or exceed our customers’ highly complex requirements related to amplification, switching, filtering, signal integrity, and other RF and non-RF functionality. In many instances, we achieve synergies across markets and applications that enable us to leverage our scale advantage.

We are sharply focused on profitable growth and diversification, and we are developing and launching hundreds of innovative new and derivative products each year to expand our presence in existing and new markets and to diversify our revenue base.

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We believe our investments in industry-leading manufacturing scale, deep systems-level expertise, and broad technology and product portfolios position us to be a leading beneficiary of the increasing RF complexity in the transmit and receive chains of wireless and wired broadband applications.

Markets

We design, develop, manufacture and market our products to both domestic and international OEMs and ODMs for the following commercial, industrial, military, aerospace and other markets in both wireless and wired communications applications:

Aerospace and Defense – A&D markets in which we compete include high power, high reliability and high frequency devices that are used primarily in radar and communications equipment.

Broadband Components – This market is comprised of several segments that relate to cable and broadband transmission and consumer electronics markets. Major products include CATV hybrid-based amplifiers, which boost voice and data signals over established cable lines.

Cellular Devices – In cellular applications, communication is established through mobile devices by making a connection with a base station via RF channels. The ability of the mobile device to maintain this connection over a long distance and for long periods of time is significantly impacted by the performance of the RF section of the device. We provide a broad portfolio of cellular RF products for mobile devices, including PA modules, transmit modules, RF power management integrated circuits (ICs), switch-filter modules, and antenna control solutions.

Wireless Infrastructure – Base stations are installed across a geographic area to create wireless telecommunications networks that enable mobile devices to communicate with one another or with wired telephones. Each base station is equipped to transmit and receive RF signals through an antenna to and from mobile devices. The base station market is typified by a requirement for highly reliable products with superior durability and performance. Point-to-point microwave radios are also included in the base station market. In point-to-point applications, transmission and reception between two fixed points occur wirelessly. Common applications include broadcasting, backhaul (the way a cellular base station connects to the rest of the telephone network), and trunking for use in operating data links within communications carriers and IT infrastructure.

Wireless Connectivity – We also compete in the WiFi market and in the Smart Energy/AMI market. WiFi is used primarily for short-range home or office network applications in personal computers, gaming platforms, tablets and smartphones. WiFi is also used in wireless access points, such as those used in wireless hotspots. The most basic AMI systems provide a way for a utility company to measure customer usage remotely without touching or physically reading a meter. More sophisticated AMI systems have data links to major household appliances to enable measurement and control.

Other Markets – In fiscal 2012, we announced the formation of our new business group (CSG), which is expected to leverage our compound semiconductor technologies and related expertise in RF and non-RF end markets and applications, including foundry services.

Manufacturing

We have a global supply chain that routinely ships millions of units per day. Our products have varying degrees of complexity and rely on semiconductors and other components that are manufactured in-house or outsourced. The majority of our products are multi-chip modules utilizing multiple semiconductor process technologies. We are a leading supplier of RF components and a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductors, including GaAs HBT, GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT), and GaN, for RF applications.

Our GaAs products generally incorporate a transistor layer, which is grown on the GaAs wafer starting material made using a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) or a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process. Our GaN products generally incorporate a transistor layer that is grown on a substrate using a MOCVD process. We operate a MBE facility in North Carolina, and we grow the majority of our GaAs starting material in this facility. All MOCVD-based starting material is outsourced. Also, certain unique, but low-volume GaAs technologies (which support our MPG business) are outsourced.

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Once the GaAs or GaN starting material is produced or purchased, the wafers are sent to one of our fabs, where semiconductor devices are manufactured through a series of manufacturing steps. We operate a wafer fab located in Greensboro, North Carolina for the production of GaAs and GaN wafers, and we also operate a wafer fab located in Newton Aycliffe, U.K. Once the semiconductor manufacturing is complete, the wafers are singulated, or separated, into individual units called die.

We also use silicon-based process technologies in our products. We outsource all silicon manufacturing to leading silicon foundries.

The next step in our manufacturing process is assembly. During assembly, the die and other necessary components are placed in a microelectronic package to provide connectivity between the die and the components. Once assembled, the products are tested for RF performance and prepared for shipment through a tape and reel process. To assemble and test our products, we primarily use internal assembly facilities in the United States (U.S.), China and Germany, and we also utilize several external suppliers.

In fiscal 2010, we consolidated our Shanghai assembly and test operations with our Beijing assembly and test facility, and achieved the expected reduction in manufacturing costs by the end of December 2009. In fiscal 2011, we increased our module assembly and test capacity in China to support increased demand in the first half of fiscal 2012. However, in the second half of fiscal 2012, some of our customers’ forecasted demand for our 2G and 3G products did not materialize as expected. In addition, our factory utilization was negatively impacted as some of our newer products have higher silicon content, which we do not manufacture internally. In fiscal 2012, we increased our test capacity to support expected demand for our switch-based products and antenna control solutions in fiscal 2013.

Our quality management system is registered to ISO 9001 standards and our environmental management system is registered to ISO 14001:2004. This means that a third-party independent auditor has determined that these systems meet the requirements developed by the International Organization of Standardization, a non-governmental network of the national standards institutes of over 150 countries. The ISO 9001 standards provide models for quality assurance in design/development, production, installation and servicing. The ISO 14001:2004 standards provide a structure within which a company can develop or strengthen its quality system for managing its environmental affairs. We believe that all of our key vendors and suppliers are compliant with applicable ISO 9000 or QS 9000 series specifications, which means that their operations have in each case been determined by auditors to comply with certain internationally developed quality control standards. We qualify and monitor assembly contractors based on cost and quality.

In April 2012, RFMD was granted ISO/TS 16949 certification, which covers our manufacturing facilities in Greensboro, North Carolina. The ISO/TS 16949 certificate is the highest international quality standard for the automotive industry and incorporates ISO technical specifications that are more stringent than ISO 9001 quality management systems requirements. The goal of the ISO/TS 16949 standard is to enhance existing quality management systems, which, when combined with customer-specific requirements, support continual improvement through defect prevention and a reduction in variation and waste in the supply chain. The ISO/TS 16949 standard combines North American and European automotive requirements and serves the global automotive market.

Products and Applications

We offer a broad line of products that range from single-function components to highly integrated circuits and multi-chip modules (MCMs). Our ICs include gain blocks, LNAs, PAs, receivers, transmitters, transceivers, modulators, demodulators, attenuators, switches, frequency synthesizers and VCOs. Our MCM products include PA modules, switch-filter modules, active antenna products, VCOs, phase-locked loops (PLLs), coaxial resonator oscillators (CROs), variable gain amplifiers, hybrid amplifiers, and power doublers. Our passive components include splitters, couplers, mixers and transformers, as well as isolators and circulators, which are used primarily in wireless infrastructure and CATV set-top box applications. Our products employ a broad array of semiconductor process technologies, including GaAs, GaN, silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), and silicon-on-insulator (SOI).

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Raw Materials

We purchase numerous raw materials, passive components and substrates for our products and manufacturing processes. We currently use independent foundries to supply all of our silicon-based integrated circuits. Our manufacturing strategy includes a balance of internal and external sites (primarily for assembly operations), helping to reduce costs, provide flexibility of supply, and minimize the risk of supply disruption. We routinely qualify multiple sources of supply and manufacturing sites and closely monitor suppliers’ key performance indicators. Our suppliers and manufacturing sites are geographically diversified (with our largest volume sources distributed throughout Southern and Eastern Asia), and we believe we have adequate sources for the supply of raw materials, passive components and substrates for our products and manufacturing needs.

Customers

We design, develop, manufacture and market our products to both domestic and international OEMs and ODMs in both wireless and wired communications applications. In fiscal 2012, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. (Samsung) accounted for approximately 22% of our net revenue (less than 10% in both fiscal years 2011 and 2010) and Nokia Corporation (Nokia) accounted for approximately 14% of our net revenue (39% and 55% in fiscal years 2011 and 2010, respectively). The majority of the revenue from these customers was from the sale of the Company’s CPG products. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of our net revenue. Our customer diversification strategy has successfully reduced our percentage of sales to any one customer and diversified our customer base across both CPG and MPG.

Information about revenue, operating profit or loss and total assets is presented in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this report.

Sales and Marketing

We sell our products worldwide directly to customers as well as through a network of domestic and foreign sales representative firms and distributors. We select our domestic and foreign sales representatives based on technical skills and sales experience, as well as the presence of complementary product lines and the customer base served. We provide ongoing training to our representatives and distributors to keep them informed of and educated about our products. We maintain an internal sales and marketing organization that is responsible for key account management, application engineering support to customers, developing sales and advertising literature, and preparing technical presentations for industry conferences. We have sales and customer support centers located throughout the world.

Our applications engineers interact with customers during all stages of design and production, provide customers with product application notes and engineering data, maintain regular contact with customer engineers and assist in the resolution of technical problems. We believe that maintaining a close relationship with customers and channel partners and providing them with strong technical support enhances their level of satisfaction and enables us to anticipate their future product needs.

Research and Development

Our research and development activities provide us with the necessary technologies and products to maintain leadership in the wireless communications market and to leverage and extend our capabilities into other markets. We conduct research and development activities focused on enabling longer-term, leading-edge products for our core markets as well as activities associated with developing new technologies for emerging high growth markets.

To extend our leadership position in compound semiconductor technologies, we have developed several generations of GaAs HBT and pHEMT process technologies for cellular and multi-market applications that we can manufacture in our North Carolina and U.K. fabrication facilities. During fiscal 2012, we qualified and released a high-performance power pHEMT technology that is expected to enable state-of-the-art efficiencies for our future cellular PAs. We also continued to develop a next-generation backend technology that will be applied to both HBT and pHEMT processes to increase integration, reduce die size and improve performance.

We continue to develop and release new GaN-based products and invest in new GaN process technologies to exploit GaN’s performance advantages across existing and new product categories. The inherent wide band gap, high electron mobility, and high breakdown voltage characteristics of GaN semiconductor devices offer significant performance advantages versus competing technologies. We are also developing other advanced GaN process technologies that target applications where we anticipate GaN devices will provide a disruptive performance advantage and deliver meaningful energy savings in end-market products.

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We continue to develop and qualify technologies made available to us from key suppliers where we can leverage our proprietary design methods, intellectual property (IP), and expertise to improve performance, reduce size or reduce the cost of our products. During fiscal 2012, we continued to increase our use of SOI technology in our broad portfolio of RF components and launched several new product categories that leverage SOI technology. These new categories include high performance antenna control solutions, antenna switch modules, switch filter modules and switch duplexer modules.

In the area of packaging technologies, we are developing and qualifying packaging technologies that allow us to improve performance and reduce or replace gold in our products. We are continuing to invest in packaging technologies such as wafer level chip scale packaging (WLCSP) that eliminate wire bonds, reduce the size and component height, improve performance, and reduce the cost of packaging our products.

In fiscal years 2012, 2011, and 2010, we incurred approximately $151.7 million, $141.1 million and $139.0 million, respectively, in research and development expenses. We are continuing to invest in new RF component products and new process technologies in support of our growth and diversification goals.

Competition

We operate in a very competitive industry characterized by rapid advances in technology and new product introductions. Our competitiveness depends on our ability to improve our products and processes faster than our competitors, anticipate changing customer requirements and successfully develop and launch new products while reducing our costs. Our competitiveness is also affected by the quality of our customer service and technical support and our ability to design customized products that address each customer’s particular requirements within the customer’s cost limitations. Many of our current and potential competitors have entrenched market positions and customer relationships, established patents, copyrights and other IP rights and substantial technological capabilities. In some cases, our competitors are also our customers or suppliers. Additionally, many of our competitors may have significantly greater financial, technical, manufacturing and marketing resources than we do, which may allow them to implement new technologies and develop new products more quickly than we can.

Intellectual Property

We value intellectual property and actively seek opportunities to further protect and advance our business interests by developing and using our proprietary IP. Such IP includes patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. We have also implemented processes and policies designed to encourage IP development, while mitigating any IP misappropriation risks.

Patent applications are filed within the U.S. and in other countries where we have a market presence. On occasion, some applications do not mature into patents for various reasons, including, but not limited to, rejections based on prior art. We also continue to acquire patents through acquisitions or direct prosecution efforts. We believe the scope of our patent portfolio is sufficient to protect our business.

Our business, including a significant percentage of our patents, is focused on RF communication devices, components, sub-components, systems, software and processes. The duration of our most relevant patents is sufficient to support our business, especially in view of the limited market life of many of our products. As we improve upon existing products and invent new ones, patents are acquired to further enhance our return on investment in products that utilize these inventions.

In our continuing endeavor to create strong brands for our products and services, we federally register trademarks, service marks and trade names that distinguish our products and services in the market. We diligently monitor these marks for their proper and intended use.

We also protect our interest in proprietary information, including business strategies, unpatented inventions, formulae, processes, and other business information that provide a competitive advantage. Such information is closely monitored and made available only to those employees whose responsibilities require access to the information.

Seasonality

Sales of our products are often subject to seasonal fluctuations. This primarily reflects the seasonal demand

fluctuations for the end-products, such as mobile handsets, that incorporate our components. If anticipated sales or shipments do not occur when expected, expenses and inventory levels in that quarter can be disproportionately high, and our results of operations for that quarter, and potentially for future quarters, may be adversely affected.

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Backlog

Due to industry practice and our experience, we do not believe that backlog as of any particular date is indicative of future results. Our sales are the result of consumption of standard and custom products from RFMD-owned finished goods inventory at certain customers’ “hub” locations and from purchase orders for delivery of standard and custom products. The quantities projected for consumption of hub inventory and quantities on purchase orders, as well as the shipment schedules, are frequently revised within agreed-upon lead times to reflect changes in the specific customer’s needs. As industry practice allows customers to cancel orders with limited advance notice prior to shipment, and with little or no penalty, we believe that backlog as of any particular date may not be a reliable indicator of our future revenue levels.

Employees

On March 31, 2012, we had 3,986 employees. We believe that our future prospects will depend, in part, on our ability to continue to attract and retain skilled employees. Competition for skilled personnel is intense, and the number of persons with relevant experience, particularly in RF engineering, product design and technical marketing, is limited. None of our U.S. employees are represented by a labor union. A number of our European-based employees (less than 5% of our global workforce as of March 31, 2012) are subject to collective bargaining-type arrangements, and we have never experienced any work stoppage. We believe that our current employee relations are good.

Geographic Financial Summary

A summary of our operations by geographic area is as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Sales:
United States	$	246,661	$	156,746	$	151,673
International		624,691		895,010		826,720
Long-lived tangible assets:
United States	$	130,665	$	148,745	$	178,012
International		67,256		60,733		69,073

Sales for geographic disclosure purposes are based on the “sold to” address of the customer. The “sold to” address is not always an accurate representation of the location of final consumption of our products. Of our total revenue for fiscal 2012, approximately 36% ($317.5 million) was attributable to customers in China and 18% ($155.1 million) was attributable to customers in Taiwan.

Long-lived tangible assets primarily include property and equipment. At March 31, 2012, approximately $60.1 million (or 30%) of our total property and equipment was located in China.

For the risks associated with our foreign operations, refer to Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

Environmental Matters

By virtue of operating our MBE and wafer fabrication facilities, we are subject to a variety of extensive and changing federal, state and local governmental laws, regulations and ordinances related to the use, storage, discharge and disposal of toxic, volatile or otherwise hazardous chemicals used in the manufacturing process. Any failure to comply with such requirements currently in effect or subsequently adopted could result in the imposition of fines upon us, the suspension of production or a cessation of operations, the occurrence of which could have an adverse impact upon our capital expenditures, earnings and competitive position. In addition, such requirements could restrict our ability to expand our facilities or require us to acquire costly equipment or incur other significant expenses to comply with environmental regulations. We believe that costs arising from existing environmental laws will not have

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a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations. We are an ISO 14001:2004 certified manufacturer with a comprehensive Environmental Management System (EMS) in place in order to help ensure control of the environmental aspects of the manufacturing process. Our EMS mandates compliance and establishes appropriate checks and balances to minimize the potential for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations.

We actively monitor the hazardous materials that are used in the manufacture, assembly and testing of our products, particularly materials that are retained in the final product. We have developed specific restrictions on the content of certain hazardous materials in our products, as well as those of our suppliers and outsourced manufacturers and subcontractors. This helps to ensure that our products are compliant with the requirements of the markets into which the products will be sold.

There can be no assurance that the environmental laws will not become more stringent in the future or that we will not incur significant costs in the future in order to comply with these laws. We do not currently anticipate any material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities for the remainder of fiscal 2013 or fiscal 2014.

Access to Public Information

We make available, free of charge through our website (http://www.rfmd.com), our annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q (including related filings in XBRL format) and current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file these reports with, or furnish them to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The public may also request a copy of our forms filed with the SEC, without charge upon written request, directed to:

Investor Relations Department

RF Micro Devices, Inc.

7628 Thorndike Road

Greensboro, NC 27409-9421

The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We have included our website address as a factual reference and do not intend it as an active link to our website.

In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any documents that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

Our operating results fluctuate.

Our revenue, earnings, margins and other operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and may fluctuate significantly in the future. If demand for our products fluctuates as a result of economic conditions or for other reasons, our revenue and profitability could be impacted. Our future operating results will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

• changes in business and economic conditions, including downturns in the semiconductor industry and the overall economy;

• changes in consumer confidence caused by changes in market conditions, including changes in the credit markets, expectations for inflation, unemployment levels, and energy or other commodity prices;

• our ability to accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry standards in a timely manner;

• our ability to accurately predict customer demand and thereby avoid the possibility of obsolete inventory, which would reduce our profit margins;

• the ability of third party foundries, assembly, test and tape and reel partners to handle our products in a timely and cost-effective manner that meets our customers’ requirements;

• our customers’ and distributors’ ability to manage the inventory that they hold and to forecast their demand;

• our ability to achieve cost savings and improve yields and margins on our new and existing products;

• our ability to respond to downward pressure on the average selling prices of our products caused by our customers or our competitors; and

• our ability to utilize our capacity efficiently or acquire additional capacity in response to customer demand.

It is likely that our future operating results could be adversely affected by one or more of the factors set forth above or other similar factors. If our future operating results are below the expectations of stock market analysts or our investors, our stock price may decline.

Our industry’s technology changes rapidly.

We design and manufacture high-performance semiconductor components for wireless applications. Our markets are characterized by the frequent introduction of new products and services in response to evolving product and process technologies and consumer demand for greater functionality, lower costs, smaller products and better performance. As a result, we have experienced and will continue to experience some product design obsolescence. We expect our customers’ demands for improvements in product performance to continue, which means that we must continue to improve our product designs and develop new products that may use new technologies. It is possible that competing technologies will emerge that permit the manufacture of ICs that are equivalent or acceptable in terms of performance but lower cost to the products we make under existing processes. For example, compared to GaAs, CMOS ICs are generally less expensive to produce and a number of companies are pursuing the development of CMOS PAs for certain applications. If we cannot design products using competitive technologies or develop competitive products, our operating results will be adversely affected.

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Our operating results are at risk if we do not introduce new products and/or decrease costs.

The production of GaAs ICs has been and continues to be more costly than the production of silicon devices. Although historically we have reduced production costs through decreasing raw wafer costs, increasing wafer size and fabrication yields, decreasing die size and achieving higher volumes, we might not be able to do so in the future. Further, the average selling prices of our products have historically decreased over the products’ lives and we expect them to continue to do so.

To offset these decreases, we must achieve yield improvements and other cost reductions for existing products, and introduce new products that can be manufactured at lower costs. However, we believe our costs of producing GaAs ICs will continue to exceed the costs associated with the production of silicon devices. As a result, to remain competitive, we must offer devices which provide performance superior to silicon-based solutions. If we do not continue to identify markets that require performance superior to that offered by silicon solutions or if we do not continue to offer products that provide sufficiently superior performance to offset the cost differentials, our operating results could be adversely affected.

We depend on a few large customers for a substantial portion of our revenue.

A substantial portion of our revenue comes from large purchases by a small number of customers. Our future operating results depend on both the success of our largest customers and on our success in diversifying our products and customer base. We are focusing on a diversification strategy that includes growing our market share across a broad base of the leading cellular handset OEMs.

We typically manufacture custom products on an exclusive basis for individual customers for a negotiated period of time. Increasingly, the largest cellular handset OEMs are releasing fewer new phone models on an annual basis, which heightens the importance of achieving design wins for these larger opportunities. While the rewards for a design win are financially greater, competition for these projects is intense. The concentration of our revenue with a relatively small number of customers makes us particularly dependent on factors affecting those customers. For example, if demand for their products decreases, they may stop purchasing our products and our operating results would suffer. Most of our customers can cease incorporating our products into their products with little notice to us and with little or no penalty. The loss of a large customer and failure to add new customers to replace lost revenue would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We operate in a very competitive industry and must continue to implement innovative technologies.

We compete with several companies primarily engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling RF components, as well as suppliers of discrete products such as transistors, capacitors and resistors. Several of our competitors either have GaAs HBT process technology or are developing GaAs HBT or new fabrication processes. Foundry services are readily available for GaAs HBT processes, which can enable new competitors without their own fabrication facilities. Customers could develop products that compete with or replace our products. A decision by any of our large customers to design and manufacture ICs internally could have an adverse effect on our operating results. Increased competition could mean lower prices for our products, reduced demand for our products and a corresponding reduction in our ability to recover development, engineering and manufacturing costs.

Many of our existing and potential competitors have entrenched market positions, historical affiliations with OEMs, considerable internal manufacturing capacity, established IP rights and substantial technological capabilities. Many of our existing and potential competitors may have greater financial, technical, manufacturing or marketing resources than we do. We cannot be sure that we will be able to compete successfully with our competitors.

Our operating results are substantially dependent on development of new products and achieving design wins.

Our future success will depend on our ability to develop new product solutions for existing and new markets. We must introduce new products in a timely and cost-effective manner and secure production orders from our customers. The development of new products is a highly complex process, and we have experienced delays in completing the development and introduction of new products at times in the past. Our successful product development depends on a number of factors, including the following:

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• the accuracy of our prediction of market requirements and evolving standards;

• our ability to design products that meet our customers’ cost, size and performance requirements;

• acceptance of our new product designs;

• the availability of qualified product designers;

• our timely completion and execution of product designs and ramp of new products according to our customers’ needs with acceptable manufacturing yields;

• acceptance of our customers’ products by the market and the variability of the life cycle of such products; and

• our ability to successfully design, develop, manufacture and integrate new products.

We may not be able to design and introduce new products in a timely or cost-efficient manner, and our new products may fail to meet the requirements of the market or our customers. In that case, we likely will not reach the expected level of production orders, which could adversely affect our operating results. Even when a design win is achieved, our success is not assured. Design wins may require significant expenditures by us and typically precede volume revenue by six to nine months or more. Many customers seek a second source for all major components in their devices, which can significantly impact the revenue obtained from a design win. The actual value of a design win to us will ultimately depend on the commercial success of our customer’s product.

Decisions about the scope of operations of our business could affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Changes in the business environment could lead to changes in our decisions about the scope of operations of our business, and these changes could result in restructuring and asset impairment charges. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations with regard to changing the scope of our operations include:

• timing and execution of plans and programs that may be subject to local labor law requirements, including consultation with appropriate work councils;

• changes in assumptions related to severance and post-retirement costs;

• future divestitures;

• new business initiatives and changes in product roadmap, development and manufacturing;

• changes in employment levels and turnover rates;

• changes in product demand and the business environment; and

• changes in the fair value of certain long-lived assets.

We face risks associated with the operation of our manufacturing facilities.

We operate a MBE facility and a wafer fabrication facility in Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as a wafer fabrication facility in Newton Aycliffe, U.K. We currently use several international and domestic assembly suppliers, as well as internal assembly facilities in China, the U.S. and Germany to assemble and test our products. We currently have our own test and tape and reel facilities located in Greensboro, North Carolina and China, and we also utilize contract suppliers and partners in Asia to test our products.

A number of factors will affect the future success of our facilities, including the following:

• demand for our products;

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• our ability to adjust production capacity in a timely fashion in response to changes in demand for our products;

• our ability to generate revenue in amounts that cover the significant fixed costs of operating the facilities;

• our ability to qualify our facilities for new products in a timely manner;

• the availability of raw materials and the impact of the volatility of commodity pricing on raw materials, including GaAs substrates, gold and high purity source materials such as gallium, aluminum, arsenic, indium, silicon, phosphorous and beryllium;

• our manufacturing cycle times;

• our manufacturing yields;

• the political and economic risks associated with the increased reliance on our manufacturing operations in China, U.K. and Germany;

• our reliance on our internal facilities;

• our reliance on our U.S. wafer fabrication facilities located in the same geographic area;

• our ability to hire, train and manage qualified production personnel;

• our compliance with applicable environmental and other laws and regulations;

• our ability to avoid prolonged periods of down-time in our facilities for any reason; and

• the occurrence of natural disasters anywhere in the world, which could directly or indirectly affect our supply chain, such as the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the 2011 flooding in Thailand.

If we experience poor manufacturing yields, our operating results may suffer.

Our products are very complex. Each product has a unique design and is fabricated using semiconductor process technologies that are highly complex. In many cases, the products are assembled in customized packages. Our products, many of which consist of multiple components in a single package, feature enhanced levels of integration and complexity. Our customers insist that our products be designed to meet their exact specifications for quality, performance and reliability. Our manufacturing yield is a combination of yields across the entire supply chain including wafer fabrication, assembly and test yields. Due to the complexity of our products, we periodically experience difficulties in achieving acceptable yields on certain new and existing products.

Our customers also test our components once they have been assembled into their products. The number of usable products that result from our production process can fluctuate as a result of many factors, including the following:

• design errors;

• defects in photomasks (which are used to print circuits on a wafer);

• minute impurities in materials used;

• contamination of the manufacturing environment;

• equipment failure or variations in the manufacturing processes;

• losses from broken wafers or other human error; and

• defects in packaging.

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We constantly seek to improve our manufacturing yields. Typically, for a given level of sales, when our yields improve, our gross margins improve, and when our yields decrease, our unit costs are higher, our margins are lower, and our operating results are adversely affected.

Industry overcapacity and current macroeconomic conditions could cause us to underutilize our manufacturing facilities and have a material adverse effect on our financial performance.

It is difficult to predict future growth or decline in the demand for our products, which makes it very difficult to estimate requirements for production capacity. In recent years, we have added significant capacity through acquisitions as well as by expanding capacity at our existing wafer fabrication facilities. During the second half of fiscal 2009, we initiated a restructuring to reduce manufacturing capacity and costs and operating expenses due primarily to lower demand for our products resulting from the global economic slowdown.

In the past, capacity additions by us and our competitors sometimes exceeded demand requirements, leading to oversupply situations. Fluctuations in the growth rate of industry capacity relative to the growth rate in demand for our products contribute to cyclicality in the semiconductor market. This is currently putting and may in the future put pressure on our average selling prices and have a material adverse effect on us.

As many of our manufacturing costs are fixed, these costs cannot be reduced in proportion to the reduced revenues experienced during periods in which we underutilize our manufacturing facilities as a result of reduced demand. If the demand for our products is not consistent with our expectations, underutilization of our manufacturing facilities may have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

We are subject to increased inventory risks and costs because we build our products based on forecasts provided by customers before receiving purchase orders for the products.

In order to ensure availability of our products for some of our largest customers, we start the manufacturing of our products in advance of receiving purchase orders based on forecasts provided by these customers. However, these forecasts do not represent binding purchase commitments and we do not recognize sales for these products until they are shipped to or consumed by the customer. As a result, we incur inventory and manufacturing costs in advance of anticipated sales. Because demand for our products may not materialize, manufacturing based on forecasts subjects us to increased risks of high inventory carrying costs, increased obsolescence and increased operating costs. These inventory risks are exacerbated when our customers purchase indirectly through contract manufacturers or hold component inventory levels greater than their consumption rate because this causes us to have less visibility regarding the accumulated levels of inventory for such customers. If product demand decreases or we fail to forecast demand accurately, we could be required to write-off inventory, which would have a negative impact on our gross margin.

We depend heavily on third parties.

We purchase numerous component parts, substrates and silicon-based products from external suppliers. The use of external suppliers involves a number of risks, including the possibility of material disruptions in the supply of key components and the lack of control over delivery schedules, capacity constraints, manufacturing yields, quality and fabrication costs.

We currently use several external manufacturing suppliers to supplement our internal manufacturing capabilities. We believe all of our key vendors and suppliers are compliant with applicable ISO 9000 or QS 9000 standards. However, if these vendors’ processes vary in reliability or quality, they could negatively affect our products and, therefore, our results of operations.

We are increasingly selling certain of our products through channel partners and our inability to manage a channel partner or customer relationship may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are focused on developing relationships with channel and alliance partners to help us sell our products. These channel and alliance partners typically are large companies that provide system reference designs for OEMs and

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ODMs that include their baseband and other complementary products. Channel and alliance partners look to us and our competitors to provide RF products to their customers as part of the overall system design. In these relationships, we generally do not control the customer relationship. As a result, we are dependent upon the channel partner as the prime contractor to appropriately manage the end customer. The failure of the channel partner to do so can lead to situations where projects are delayed, modified or terminated for reasons outside our control. The channel and alliance partners may be in a different business or we may be their customer or competitor; therefore, we must balance our interest in obtaining new business with competitive and other factors. Our inability to manage these relationships could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to risks from international sales and operations.

We operate globally with sales offices and research and development activities as well as manufacturing, assembly and testing facilities in multiple countries. As a result, we are subject to risks and factors associated with doing business outside the U.S. Global operations involve inherent risks that include currency controls and fluctuations as well as tariff, import and other related restrictions and regulations.

Sales to customers located outside the U.S. accounted for approximately 72% of our revenue in fiscal 2012. We expect that revenue from international sales will continue to be a significant part of our total revenue. Because the majority of our foreign sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, our products become less price-competitive in countries with currencies that are low or are declining in value against the U.S. dollar. Also, we cannot be sure that our international customers will continue to accept orders denominated in U.S. dollars.

The majority of our assembly, test and tape and reel vendors are located in Asia. This subjects us to regulatory, geopolitical and other risks of conducting business outside the U.S. We do the majority of our business with our foreign assemblers in U.S. dollars. Our manufacturing costs could increase in countries with currencies that are increasing in value against the U.S. dollar. Also, we cannot be sure that our international manufacturing suppliers will continue to accept orders denominated in U.S. dollars.

In addition, if terrorist activity, armed conflict, civil or military unrest or political instability occur in the U.S. or other locations, such events may disrupt manufacturing, assembly, logistics, security and communications, and could also result in reduced demand for our products. Pandemics and similar major health concerns could also adversely affect our business and our customer order patterns. We could also be affected if labor issues disrupt our transportation or manufacturing arrangements or those of our customers or suppliers. On a worldwide basis, we regularly review our key infrastructure, systems, services and suppliers, both internally and externally, to seek to identify significant vulnerabilities as well as areas of potential business impact if a disruptive event were to occur. Once identified, we assess the risks, and as we consider it to be appropriate, we initiate actions intended to minimize the risks and their potential impact. However, there can be no assurance that we have identified all significant risks or that we can mitigate all identified risks with reasonable effort.

A slowdown in the Chinese economy could limit the growth in demand for devices containing our products, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and prospects.

We believe that an increase in demand in China for handsets and other devices that include our products will be an important factor in our future growth. Although the Chinese economy has grown significantly in recent years, there can be no assurance that such growth will continue. Any weakness in the Chinese economy could result in a decrease in demand for devices containing our products, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and prospects.

Economic regulation in China could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We have a significant portion of our manufacturing capacity in China. In recent years, the Chinese economy has experienced periods of rapid expansion and wide fluctuations in the rate of inflation. In response to these factors, the Chinese government has, from time to time, adopted measures to regulate growth and contain inflation, including measures designed to restrict credit or to control prices. Such actions in the future could increase the cost of doing business in China or decrease the demand for our products in China, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

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In order to compete, we must attract, retain, and motivate key employees, and our failure to do so could harm our results of operations.

In order to compete, we must:

• hire and retain qualified employees;

• continue to develop leaders for key business units and functions;

• expand our presence in international locations and adapt to cultural norms of foreign locations; and

• train and motivate our employee base.

Our future operating results and success depend on keeping key technical personnel and management and expanding our sales and marketing, research and development and administrative support. We do not have employment agreements with the majority of our employees. We must also continue to attract qualified personnel. The competition for qualified personnel is intense, and the number of people with experience, particularly in RF engineering, IC design, and technical marketing and support, is limited. We cannot be sure that we will be able to attract and retain other skilled personnel in the future.

Our operating results may be adversely impacted by the inability of certain of our customers to access their traditional sources of credit to finance the purchase of products from us, which could lead them to reduce their level of purchases or seek credit or other accommodations from us.

The inability of our customers to access capital efficiently could cause disruptions in their businesses, thereby negatively impacting ours. For example, if our customers or channel partners do not have sufficient liquidity, they could reduce or limit new purchases, which could result in lower demand for our products or place us at risk for any trade credit we have extended to them if they are unable to repay us. This risk may increase if a general economic downturn materially impacts our customers and they are not able to manage their business risks adequately or do not properly disclose their financial condition to us.

We may engage in future acquisitions that dilute our shareholders’ ownership and cause us to incur debt and assume contingent liabilities.

As part of our business strategy, we expect to continue to review potential acquisitions that could complement our current product offerings, augment our market coverage or enhance our technical capabilities, or that may otherwise offer growth or margin improvement opportunities. While we currently have no definitive agreements providing for any such acquisitions, we may acquire businesses, products or technologies in the future. In the event of such future acquisitions, we could issue equity securities that would dilute our current shareholders’ ownership, incur substantial debt or other financial obligations or assume contingent liabilities. Such actions by us could seriously harm our results of operations or the price of our common stock. Acquisitions also entail numerous other risks that could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, including:

• unanticipated costs, capital expenditures or working capital requirements associated with the acquisition;

• acquisition-related charges and amortization of acquired technology and other intangibles that could negatively affect our reported results of operations;

• diversion of management’s attention from our business;

• injury to existing business relationships with suppliers and customers;

• failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses, operations, products, technologies and personnel; and

• unrealized expected synergies.

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The price of our common stock has fluctuated widely in the past and may fluctuate widely in the future.

Our common stock, which is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, has experienced and may continue to experience significant price and volume fluctuations that could adversely affect the market price of our common stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we believe that factors such as quarterly fluctuations in financial results, financial performance below analysts’ estimates, and activities or developments affecting our customers and other publicly traded companies in the semiconductor industry could cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially. In addition, in recent periods, our common stock, the stock market in general and the market for shares of semiconductor industry-related stocks in particular have experienced extreme price fluctuations, which have often been wholly or partially unrelated to the operating performance of the affected companies. Any similar fluctuations in the future could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. If our stock price declines in the future, it may be more difficult to raise capital, or we may be unable to do so at all, which could have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

We rely on our intellectual property portfolio and may face claims of infringement.

Our success depends in part on our ability to procure, commercialize and enforce IP rights and to operate our business without infringing on the IP rights of others. Additionally, because of the volume of creative works rendered throughout our facilities, some of these works may not receive the benefit of federal registration and thus, the IP rights in these works may be diminished. In addition, the wireless and semiconductor industries are subject to frequent IP rights litigation. IP litigation most prevalent in our industry that could impact our business is patent litigation. Patent litigation is both expensive and unpredictable in part because in most jurisdictions, the infringing party cannot compel the patent holder to grant a license to the infringed patent. In the event that a license is obtainable, there is no guarantee that a commercially reasonable license can be negotiated.

Security breaches and other similar disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.

We rely on trade secrets, technical know-how and other unpatented proprietary information relating to our product development and manufacturing activities. We try to protect this information by entering into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, strategic partners and other parties. We also control access to and distribution of our technologies, documents and other proprietary information. Despite these efforts, internal or external parties may attempt to copy, disclose, obtain or use our products, services or technology without our authorization. Additionally, current, departing or former employees or third parties could attempt to penetrate our computer systems and networks to misappropriate our proprietary information and technology or interrupt our business. Because the techniques used by computer hackers and others to access or sabotage networks changes frequently and generally are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate, counter or ameliorate these techniques. As a result, our technologies and processes may be misappropriated. We cannot make assurances that our efforts to prevent the misappropriation or infringement of our IP or the intellectual property of our customers will succeed. Identifying unauthorized use of our products and technologies is difficult and time consuming. The initiation of litigation may adversely affect our relationships and agreement with certain customers that have a stake in the outcome of the litigation proceedings. Moreover, litigation may divert the attention of management and other key employees from the operation of business, which could negatively impact our business and results of operation.

We may be subject to other lawsuits and claims relating to our products.

We cannot be sure that third parties will not assert product liability or other claims against us, our customers or our licensors with respect to existing and future products. Any litigation could result in significant expense and liability to us and divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, whether or not the litigation is determined in our favor or covered by insurance.

If wireless devices pose safety risks, we may be subject to new regulations, and demand for our products and those of our customers may decrease.

Concerns over the effects of radio frequency emissions continue. Interest groups have requested that the Federal Communications Commission investigate claims that wireless communications technologies pose health concerns and cause interference with airbags, hearing aids and medical devices. Concerns have also been expressed over, and state laws have been enacted to mitigate, the possibility of safety risks due to a lack of attention associated with the use of wireless devices while driving. Legislation that may be adopted in response to these concerns or adverse news or findings about safety risks could reduce demand for our products and those of our licensees and customers in the U.S. as well as in foreign countries.

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We are subject to stringent environmental regulations.

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local requirements governing the protection of the environment. These environmental regulations include those related to the use, storage, handling, discharge and disposal of toxic or otherwise hazardous materials used in our manufacturing processes. A change in environmental laws or our failure to comply with environmental laws could subject us to substantial liability or force us to significantly change our manufacturing operations. In addition, under some of these laws and regulations, we could be held financially responsible for remedial measures if our properties are contaminated, even if we did not cause the contamination. In addition, growing concerns about climate change, including the impact of global warming, may result in new regulations with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Our compliance with this legislation may result in additional costs.

Compliance with new regulations regarding the use of “conflict minerals” could limit the supply and increase the cost of certain metals used in manufacturing our products.

Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank Act), included disclosure requirements regarding the use of “conflict” minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries in their products and procedures regarding a manufacturer’s efforts to prevent the sourcing of such “conflict” minerals. While final rules implementing these requirements have not yet been released, the implementation may limit the pool of suppliers who can provide conflict free minerals and may affect our ability to obtain raw materials in sufficient quantities or at competitive prices. In addition, there will be costs associated with complying with the disclosure requirements, such as costs related to determining the source of such minerals used in our products. Also, because our supply chain is complex, we may face reputation challenges if we are unable to sufficiently verify the origins for all metals used in our products through the due diligence procedures that we implement. Moreover, we may encounter challenges to satisfy those customers who require that all of the components of our products are certified as conflict free. The new disclosure rules will take effect after the first full fiscal year following the promulgation of the SEC’s final rules.

Provisions in our governing documents could discourage takeovers and prevent shareholders from realizing an investment premium.

Certain provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, control of RFMD. These provisions include the ability of our Board of Directors to designate the rights and preferences of preferred stock and issue such shares without shareholder approval and the requirement of supermajority shareholder approval of certain transactions with parties affiliated with RFMD. Such provisions could limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.

Our operating results could vary as a result of the methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying our accounting policies.

The methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying our accounting policies have a significant impact on our results of operations (see “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K). Such methods, estimates and judgments are, by their nature, subject to substantial risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and factors may arise over time that lead us to change our methods, estimates and judgments that could significantly affect our results of operations.

Our convertible subordinated debt may have a dilutive effect on our existing shareholders and may have other adverse effects on our results of operations.

On April 4, 2007, we issued $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) and $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”) in a private placement to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for resale to qualified institutional buyers. The Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock under certain circumstances. Upon

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conversion, in lieu of shares of our common stock, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, a holder will receive an amount in cash equal to the lesser of (i) $1,000 or (ii) the conversion value, as determined under the applicable indentures governing the Notes. If the conversion value exceeds $1,000, we also will deliver, at our election, cash or common stock or a combination of cash and common stock equivalent to the amount of the conversion value in excess of the $1,000. This election to deliver cash or common stock if the conversion value exceeds the conversion price will require us to evaluate the inclusion of shares in our dilutive earnings per share calculation (based on the treasury stock method) in the event our stock price exceeds $8.05 per share. The maximum number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes as of March 31, 2012 is approximately 15.6 million shares (excluding an aggregate of $213.6 million principal amount of the Notes that were previously purchased and retired by us), which may be adjusted as a result of stock splits, stock dividends and antidilution provisions.

In the future, we may issue additional equity, debt or convertible securities to raise capital. If we do so, the percentage ownership of RFMD held by existing shareholders would be further reduced, and existing shareholders may experience significant dilution. In addition, new investors in RFMD may demand rights, preferences or privileges that differ from, or are senior to, those of our existing shareholders. The perceived risk of dilution associated with the sale of a large number of shares could cause some of our shareholders to sell their stock, thus causing the price of our common stock to decline. Subsequent sales of our common stock in the open market could also have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

The degree to which we are leveraged could have important consequences, including, but not limited to, the following:

• our ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, general corporate or other purposes may be limited;

• our shareholders’ interests could be diluted as a result of the shares of our common stock that would be issued in the event of conversion of our convertible notes;

• we may be more vulnerable to economic downturns, less able to withstand competitive pressures and less flexible in responding to changing business and economic conditions;

• a portion of our cash flow from operations will be dedicated to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, our indebtedness; and

• our ability to meet our debt payment obligations, particularly at maturity, depends on our ability to generate significant cash flow in the future and we cannot be certain that our business will generate cash flow from operations, or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to meet our payment obligations under our debt and to fund our other liquidity needs.

Changes in our effective tax rate may impact our results of operations.

A number of factors may increase our future effective tax rates, including the following:

• the jurisdictions in which profits are determined to be earned and taxed;

• the resolution of issues arising from tax audits with various tax authorities;

• changes in the valuation of our net deferred tax assets;

• adjustments to income taxes upon finalization of various tax returns;

• increases in expenses not deductible for tax purposes;

• changes in available tax credits;

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• changes in tax laws or the interpretation of such tax laws, and changes in generally accepted accounting principles; and

• a future decision to repatriate non-U.S. earnings for which we have not previously provided for U.S. taxes.

Any significant increase in our future effective tax rates could reduce net income for future periods.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.

Our corporate headquarters is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, where we have two office buildings (leased), a six-inch wafer production facility (owned), an MBE facility (leased), and a research and development packaging facility (leased). In Greensboro, we also have a previously idled production facility (leased) that is currently being reconfigured to perform certain manufacturing operations in fiscal 2013. In addition, we have a partially upfitted manufacturing facility (leased) that is unoccupied due to our prior restructuring.

We have an assembly and test site located in Beijing, China (owned), where we assemble and test modules. In Broomfield, Colorado (leased) and Brooksville, Florida (owned), we have assembly and test sites for highly customized modules and products, including modules and products that support our aerospace and defense business.

We also have two manufacturing facilities located in Europe. We have a wafer fabrication facility in Newton Aycliffe, U.K. (owned) and we have a facility capable of supporting a variety of packaging and test technologies in Nuremberg, Germany (leased).

We also lease space for our design centers in Chandler, Arizona; Carlsbad, San Jose and Torrance, California; Broomfield, Colorado; Hiawatha, Iowa; Billerica, Massachusetts; Charlotte, North Carolina; Richardson, Texas; Shanghai, China; and Norresundby, Denmark. In addition, we lease space for sales and customer support centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, China; Reading, England; Toulouse, France; Bangalore, India; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and Taipei, Taiwan.

In the opinion of management, our properties have been well-maintained, are in sound operating condition and contain all equipment and facilities necessary to operate at present levels. We believe all of our facilities are suitable and adequate for our present purposes.

We do not identify or allocate assets by operating segment. For information on net property, plant and equipment by country, see Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

We are involved in litigation and other legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business as well as the matter identified below. No liability has been established in the financial statements regarding current litigation as the potential liability, if any, is not probable or cannot be reasonably estimated.

On February 14, 2012, Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (“Peregrine”) filed an action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company, alleging infringement of five Peregrine U.S. patents. On April 13, 2012, Peregrine filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of this Central District of California action without prejudice. On February 14, 2012, Peregrine filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) naming the Company as a proposed respondent and seeking institution of an investigation into alleged patent infringement in import trade with respect to the Peregrine patents. On April 13, 2012, Peregrine filed another action against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, asserting infringement of the Peregrine patents. On April 16, 2012, the Company filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against Peregrine in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, requesting a declaratory judgment that the Company has not infringed the Peregrine patents, and that the Peregrine patents are

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invalid. To date, none of the above-actions have progressed substantively, no discovery has been taken, and no formal monetary demands have been made. The Company intends to vigorously defend its position that it has not infringed any valid claim of the Peregrine patents in each of the above-referenced legal proceedings.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not Applicable.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “RFMD.” The table below shows the high and low sales prices of our common stock for the periods indicated, as reported by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. As of May 11, 2012, there were 2,091 holders of record of our common stock.

	High			Low
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012
First Quarter	$		6.73	$		5.14
Second Quarter		7.41			4.95
Third Quarter		7.89			4.97
Fourth Quarter		5.69			4.41

	High			Low
Fiscal Year Ended April 2, 2011
First Quarter	$		6.05	$		3.83
Second Quarter		6.25			3.65
Third Quarter		7.99			5.89
Fourth Quarter		8.48			6.01

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain our earnings for use in our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

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PERFORMANCE GRAPH

	Fiscal Year End
	2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012
Total Return Index for:
RF Micro Devices, Inc.		100.00		43.82		21.99		80.58		102.57		79.94
NASDAQ Composite		100.00		89.92		64.23		99.43		118.58		128.96
NASDAQ Electronic Components		100.00		99.11		65.06		103.03		119.31		121.44

Notes:

A. The lines represent monthly index levels derived from compounded daily returns, assuming reinvestment of all dividends.

B. The indexes are reweighted daily, using the market capitalization on the previous trading day.

C. If the monthly interval, based on the fiscal year-end, is not a trading day, the preceding trading day is used.

D. The index level for all series was set to $100.00 on March 31, 2007.

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Purchases of Equity Securities

Period	Total number of shares purchased		Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs		Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
January 1, 2012 to January 28, 2012		0	$	0.00		0	$	157.0 million
January 29, 2012 to February 25, 2012		0	$	0.00		0	$	157.0 million
February 26, 2012 to March 31, 2012		0	$	0.00		0	$	157.0 million
Total		0	$	0.00		0	$	157.0 million

On January 25, 2011, we announced that our Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $200.0 million of our outstanding common stock, exclusive of related fees, commissions or other expenses, from time to time during a period commencing on January 28, 2011 and expiring on January 27, 2013. This share repurchase program authorizes us to repurchase shares through solicited or unsolicited transactions in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, we repurchased approximately 4.9 million shares at an average price of $6.18 on the open market. During the fiscal year ended April 2, 2011, we repurchased approximately 1.7 million shares at an average price of $7.44 on the open market.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

The selected financial data set forth below for the fiscal years indicated were derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The information should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements (including the notes thereto) and with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” appearing elsewhere in this report.

	Fiscal Year End
	2012			2011			2010			2009			2008
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Revenue	$	871,352		$	1,051,756		$	978,393		$	886,506		$	956,270
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of goods sold		582,586			662,085			623,224			669,163			681,314
Research and development		151,697			141,097			138,960			170,778			207,362
Marketing and selling		63,217			59,470			56,592			64,946			57,330
General and administrative		50,107			48,003			48,316			50,352			42,080
Other operating (income) expense		(898	)		1,582			4,895			800,563	(1)		19,085
Total operating costs and expenses		846,709			912,237			871,987			1,755,802			1,007,171	(4)
Income (loss) from operations		24,643			139,519			106,406			(869,296	)		(50,901	)
Interest expense		(10,997	)		(17,140	)		(23,997	)		(25,893	)		(24,533	)
Interest income		468			787			1,291			5,337			29,046
Other income (expense), net		1,514			339			1,134			9,844	(2)		3,906
Income (loss) before income taxes		15,628			123,505			84,834			(880,008	)		(42,482	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		(14,771	) (3)		1,053	(5)		(13,815	)		(7,896	) (3)		39,088	(5)
Net income (loss)	$	857		$	124,558		$	71,019		$	(887,904	)	$	(3,394	)
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.00		$	0.46		$	0.27		$	(3.38	)	$	(0.01	)
Diluted	$	0.00		$	0.44		$	0.25		$	(3.38	)	$	(0.01	)
Shares used in per share calculation:
Basic		276,289			272,575			267,349			262,493			227,270
Diluted		282,576			280,394			289,429			262,493			227,270
	As of Fiscal Year End
	2012			2011			2010			2009			2008
Cash and cash equivalents		135,524			131,760			104,778			172,989			129,750
Short-term investments		164,863			159,881			134,882			93,527			100,841
Working capital		421,182			465,222			396,091			418,090			480,556
Total assets		964,584			1,025,393			1,014,008			1,088,642	(1)		2,011,309	(4)
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion		119,102			177,557			289,837			505,162	(2)		525,082
Shareholders’ equity		672,331			676,355			530,084			431,962	(1)		1,296,101	(4)

1 During fiscal 2009, we recorded an impairment charge of $686.5 million to goodwill and intangibles, and restructuring expenses of approximately $67.1 million due to the adverse macroeconomic business environment. We also recorded restructuring expenses of approximately $47.1 million as a result of the restructuring initiated in the first half of fiscal 2009 to reduce investments in wireless systems.

2 Other income (expense) for fiscal 2009 includes a gain of approximately $14.4 million as a result of our purchase and retirement of $55.3 million aggregate principal amount of our convertible subordinated notes due 2010 and 2014.

3 Income tax expense for fiscal years 2012 and 2009 include the effects of an increase of a valuation reserve against foreign and domestic deferred tax assets.

4 Fiscal 2008 includes the effects of the acquisitions of Sirenza and Filtronic.

5 Income tax benefit for fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2008 includes the effects of a reduction of a valuation reserve against deferred tax assets.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, representations and contentions and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements included herein represent management’s current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements or publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, other than as is required under the federal securities laws. Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those relating to variability in our operating results, the inability of certain of our customers or suppliers to access their traditional sources of credit, our industry’s rapidly changing technology, our dependence on a few large customers for a substantial portion of our revenue, our ability to implement innovative technologies, our ability to bring new products to market, the efficient and successful operation of our wafer fabrication facilities, molecular beam epitaxy facility, assembly facilities and test and tape and reel facilities, our ability to adjust production capacity in a timely fashion in response to changes in demand for our products, variability in manufacturing yields, industry overcapacity and current macroeconomic conditions, inaccurate product forecasts and corresponding inventory and manufacturing costs, dependence on third parties and our ability to manage channel partners and customer relationships, our dependence on international sales and operations, our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel and develop leaders, the possibility that future acquisitions may dilute our shareholders’ ownership and cause us to incur debt and assume contingent liabilities, fluctuations in the price of our common stock, claims of infringement on our intellectual property portfolio, lawsuits and claims relating to our products, and the impact of stringent environmental regulations. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other reports and statements that we file with the SEC, could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our audited consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto.

OVERVIEW

Company

We are a recognized global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency (RF) components and compound semiconductor technologies. Our products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the mobile device, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN or WiFi), cable television (CATV)/broadband, Smart Energy/advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and aerospace and defense markets. We are recognized for our diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise, and we are a preferred supplier to the world’s leading mobile device, customer premises and communications equipment providers.

Business Segments

We design, develop, manufacture and market our products to both domestic and international original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers in both wireless and wired communications applications, in each of our following operating segments.

• Cellular Products Group (CPG) is a leading supplier of cellular RF components, such as power amplifier (PA) modules and transmit modules, which perform various functions in the cellular front end section located between the transceiver and the antenna. CPG is also a supplier of switch-based content in the cellular front end section, including antenna switch modules, antenna control solutions, switch filter modules and switch duplexer modules, which are increasingly required in next-generation 3G and 4G devices. CPG supplies its broad portfolio of cellular RF components into mobile devices including handsets, netbooks, notebooks, tablets and USB modems.

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• Multi-Market Products Group (MPG) is a global supplier of a broad array of RF components, such as PAs, low noise amplifiers, variable gain amplifiers, high power GaN transistors, attenuators, mixers, modulators, switches, voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), phase locked loop modules, circulators, isolators, multi-chip modules, front-end modules, and a range of military and space components (amplifiers, mixers, VCOs, power dividers and transformers). Major communications applications include mobile wireless infrastructure (2G, 3G and 4G), point-to-point and microwave radios, WiFi (infrastructure and mobile devices), and cable television wireline infrastructure. Industrial applications include Smart Energy/AMI, private mobile radio, and test and measurement equipment. Aerospace and defense applications include military communications, radar and electronic warfare, as well as space communications.

• Compound Semiconductor Group (CSG) has been established to leverage our compound semiconductor technologies and related expertise in RF and non-RF end markets and applications. CSG provides RFMD’s foundry services for both GaAs and GaN technologies.

As of March 31, 2012, our reportable segments are CPG and MPG. CSG does not currently meet the quantitative threshold for an individually reportable segment under ASC 280-10-50-12. These business segments are based on the organizational structure and information reviewed by our Chief Executive Officer, who is our chief operating decision maker (or CODM), and are managed separately based on the end markets and applications they support. The CODM allocates resources and evaluates the performance of each operating segment primarily based on operating income and operating income as a percentage of revenue.

Fiscal 2012 Management Summary

• Our revenue decreased 17.2% in fiscal 2012 to $871.4 million as compared to $1,051.8 million in fiscal 2011, primarily due to the anticipated end-of-life of transceiver products, lower demand for 2G products as the market transitions to 3G products, and lower demand for our wireless infrastructure products and our WiFi front-end module products. Sales of our 3G/4G cellular components (including our PowerSmart^® family of products, our new ultra-high efficiency 3G/4G PAs and our new switch-based products) partially offset the decline in transceiver and 2G product revenue in fiscal 2012.

• Our gross profit was 33.1% of revenue in fiscal 2012 as compared to 37.0% of revenue in fiscal 2011. In fiscal 2012, we experienced decreased demand, which led to lower factory utilization rates and increased inventory reserves. In addition, our gross margin was affected by overcapacity in the compound semiconductor market, which led to erosion in average selling prices. These decreases were partially offset by a favorable product mix toward higher margin 3G/4G products and switch-based products.

• Operating income was $24.6 million in fiscal 2012 as compared to $139.5 million in fiscal 2011, primarily due to lower revenue.

• Our net income per diluted share was less than one cent for fiscal 2012 compared to a net income per diluted share of $0.44 for fiscal 2011.

• We generated positive cash flow from operations of $124.2 million for fiscal 2012 as compared to $213.4 million for fiscal 2011, primarily due to decreased profitability as a result of lower revenue.

• Capital expenditures totaled $46.1 million in fiscal 2012 as compared to $25.7 million in fiscal 2011, primarily due to the addition of assembly and test capacity.

• During fiscal 2012, we purchased and retired a total of $35.8 million aggregate principal amount of our convertible subordinated notes due 2012, which resulted in a loss of approximately $0.9 million.

• During fiscal 2012, we repurchased approximately 4.9 million shares of common stock for approximately $30.4 million, including transaction costs.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated

The following table presents a summary of our results of operations for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010:

	2012						2011					2010
(In thousands, except percentages)	Dollars			% of Revenue			Dollars		% of Revenue			Dollars		% of Revenue
Revenue	$	871,352			100.0	%	$	1,051,756		100.0	%	$	978,393		100.0	%
Cost of goods sold		582,586			66.9			662,085		63.0			623,224		63.7
Gross margin		288,766			33.1			389,671		37.0			355,169		36.3
Research and development		151,697			17.4			141,097		13.4			138,960		14.2
Marketing and selling		63,217			7.3			59,470		5.7			56,592		5.8
General and administrative		50,107			5.7			48,003		4.5			48,316		4.9
Other operating (income) expense		(898	)		(0.1	)		1,582		0.1			4,895		0.5
Operating income	$	24,643			2.8	%	$	139,519		13.3	%	$	106,406		10.9	%

Revenue

Our overall revenue decreased $180.4 million, or 17.2%, in fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011, primarily due to the anticipated end-of-life of transceiver products, lower demand for 2G products as the market transitions to 3G products, and lower demand for our wireless infrastructure products and our WiFi front-end module products. Sales of our 3G/4G cellular components (including our PowerSmart^® family of products, our new ultra-high efficiency 3G/4G PAs and our new switch-based products) partially offset the decline in transceiver and 2G product revenue in fiscal 2012.

Our overall revenue increased $73.4 million, or 7.5%, in fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2010, due to an increase in sales of our cellular products driven primarily by customer diversification and increased demand for new and existing products. In addition, sales of our MPG-related products increased primarily due to an increase in demand for a broad range of wireless and wired applications. Fiscal 2010 revenue benefited from an additional week versus fiscal 2011.

In fiscal 2012, our largest customer accounted for approximately 22% of our net revenue (less than 10% of net revenue in both fiscal years 2011 and 2010). Our next largest customer accounted for approximately 14% of our net revenue (39% and 55% of our net revenue in fiscal years 2011 and 2010, respectively). Our customer diversification strategy has successfully reduced our percentage of sales to any one customer and increased our market share elsewhere.

International shipments amounted to $624.7 million in fiscal 2012 (approximately 72% of revenue) compared to $895.0 million in fiscal 2011 (approximately 85% of revenue) and $826.7 million in fiscal 2010 (approximately 85% of revenue). Shipments to Asia totaled $568.5 million in fiscal 2012 (approximately 65% of revenue) compared to $807.2 million in fiscal 2011 (approximately 77% of revenue) and $699.0 million in fiscal 2010 (approximately 71% of revenue).

Gross Margin

Our overall gross margin for fiscal 2012 decreased to 33.1% as compared to 37.0% in fiscal 2011. In fiscal 2012, we experienced decreased overall demand, which led to lower factory utilization rates and increased inventory reserves. Our factory utilization rates were also negatively impacted as some of our newer switch-based products have higher silicon content, which we do not manufacture internally. In addition, our gross margin was affected by overcapacity in the compound semiconductor market, which led to erosion in average selling prices. These decreases were partially offset by a favorable product mix toward higher margin 3G/4G products and switch-based products.

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Our overall gross margin was 37.0% of revenue in fiscal 2011 as compared to 36.3% of revenue in fiscal 2010. The improvement in gross margin reflected our improved overall manufacturing yields, improved factory utilization rates, increased sales of new products with higher gross margins, and improved pricing on externally-sourced raw materials. These improvements were offset partially by increased demand of lower margin transceivers and erosion in average selling prices.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

In fiscal 2012, research and development expenses increased $10.6 million, or 7.5%, compared to fiscal 2011, primarily due to an increase in headcount and related personnel expenses and other expenses resulting from new product development for 3G/4G mobile devices, including antenna control solutions.

In fiscal 2011, research and development expenses increased $2.1 million, or 1.5%, compared to fiscal 2010, primarily due to increased headcount focused on new product development for 3G/4G smartphone applications. In addition, we resumed our contributions to the 401(k) plan in fiscal 2011 after suspending these contributions for the majority of fiscal 2010 due to the adverse macroeconomic business environment. These increases were partially offset by decreased depreciation expense.

Marketing and Selling

In fiscal 2012, marketing and selling expenses increased $3.7 million, or 6.3%, compared to fiscal 2011, primarily due to an increase in headcount and related personnel expenses in support of our customer diversification efforts and in support of our new products for 3G/4G mobile devices.

In fiscal 2011, marketing and selling expenses increased $2.9 million, or 5.1%, compared to fiscal 2010, primarily due to an increase in headcount and related personnel expenses.

General and Administrative

In fiscal 2012, general and administrative expenses increased $2.1 million, or 4.4%, compared to fiscal 2011 primarily due to consulting expenses for tax-related initiatives.

General and administrative expenses remained relatively consistent for fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2010.

Other Operating (Income) Expense

In fiscal 2012, other operating expenses decreased $2.5 million, or 156.8%, compared to fiscal 2011. During fiscal 2012, the restructuring obligation was reduced by $1.7 million as a result of the Company utilizing one of the facilities previously exited due to a change in manufacturing operations, while during fiscal 2011, we recorded restructuring charges of approximately $0.6 million related to impaired assets and lease and other contract termination costs.

In fiscal 2011, other operating expenses decreased $3.3 million, or 67.7%, compared to fiscal 2010, primarily due to lower restructuring charges. In fiscal 2011, we recorded restructuring charges of approximately $0.6 million related to impaired assets and lease and other contract termination costs. We recorded restructuring charges of approximately $3.8 million in fiscal 2010 related to one-time employee termination expenses, impaired assets and lease and other contract termination costs (see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Operating Income

Our overall operating income was $24.6 million for fiscal 2012, compared to operating income of $139.5 million for fiscal 2011. Operating income decreased primarily due to lower revenue.

Our overall operating income for fiscal 2011 was approximately $139.5 million compared to an operating income of $106.4 million for fiscal 2010. Our operating income increased primarily due to an increase in revenue and an increase in gross profit. Fiscal 2010 operating expenses were negatively impacted due to the additional week included in fiscal 2010 versus fiscal 2011.

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Segment Product Revenue, Operating Income (Loss) and Operating Income (Loss) as a Percentage of Revenue

Cellular Products Group

(In thousands, except percentages)	2012			2011			2010
Revenue	$	664,242		$	819,230		$	800,535
Operating income		61,159			156,352			162,166
Operating income as a % of revenue		9.2	%		19.1	%		20.3	%

CPG revenue decreased $155.0 million, or 18.9%, and operating income decreased $95.2 million, or 60.9%, in fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011, primarily due to the anticipated end-of-life of transceiver products and lower demand for 2G products as the market transitions to 3G products. These decreases were partially offset by increased sales of our 3G/4G cellular components (including our PowerSmart^® family of products, our new ultra-high efficiency 3G/4G PAs and our new switch-based products).

CPG’s revenue increased $18.7 million, or 2.3%, in fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2010, primarily due to increased sales of our 2G transmit modules in the China market, partially offset by a decrease in sales of our 3G transmit modules to our largest customer resulting from certain of its programs reaching end-of-life. In addition, fiscal 2010 revenue benefitted from an additional week included in fiscal 2010 versus fiscal 2011. Operating income decreased $5.8 million, or 3.6%, in fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2010, primarily due to increased expenses associated with our new products for 3G/4G mobile devices.

Multi-Market Products Group

(In thousands, except percentages)	2012			2011			2010
Revenue	$	205,676		$	232,057		$	177,598
Operating income (loss)		10,711			33,493			(1,836	)
Operating income (loss) as a % of revenue		5.2	%		14.4	%		(1.0	)%

MPG revenue decreased $26.4 million, or 11.4%, and operating income decreased $22.8 million, or 68.0%, in fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011, primarily due to lower demand for our wireless infrastructure products and our WiFi front-end module products.

MPG revenue increased $54.5 million, or 30.7%, and operating income increased $35.3 million in fiscal 2011 as compared to fiscal 2010, primarily due to an increase in demand for a broad range of wireless and wired applications, including CATV line amplifiers and wireless infrastructure products. During the first half of fiscal 2010, the demand for CATV line amplifiers and infrastructure products was negatively impacted by the global economic slowdown. In addition, fiscal 2010 revenue benefitted from an additional week included in fiscal 2010 versus fiscal 2011.

See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of segment operating income (loss) to the consolidated operating income (loss) for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010.

OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME AND INCOME TAXES

(In thousands)	2012			2011			2010
Interest expense	$	(10,997	)	$	(17,140	)	$	(23,997	)
Interest income		468			787			1,291
(Loss) gain on retirement of convertible subordinated notes		(908	)		(2,412	)		1,540
Other income (expense)		2,422			2,751			(406	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		(14,771	)		1,053			(13,815	)

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Interest expense

Interest expense has decreased as a result of lower debt balances. During fiscal years 2012 and 2011, we purchased and retired $35.8 million and $135.5 million, respectively, aggregate principal amount of our 0.75% convertible subordinated notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”). In addition, the remaining $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 1.50% convertible subordinated notes due 2010 (the “2010 Notes”) matured and was repaid during fiscal 2011. In fiscal 2010, we purchased and retired $207.1 million aggregate principal amount of our 2010 Notes, 2012 Notes, and 1.00% convertible subordinated notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”).

Interest income

Interest income decreased during fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011, primarily because of lower prevailing interest rates, which were approximately 0.1% for fiscal 2012, 0.3% for fiscal 2011 and 0.5% for fiscal 2010.

(Loss) gain on the retirement of convertible subordinated notes

During fiscal 2012, we purchased and retired $35.8 million aggregate principal amount of our 2012 Notes, which resulted in a loss of approximately $0.9 million. During fiscal 2011, we purchased and retired $135.5 million aggregate principal amount of our 2012 Notes, which resulted in a loss of approximately $2.4 million, and in fiscal 2010, we purchased and retired $207.1 million aggregate principal amount of our 2010, 2012 and 2014 Notes, which resulted in a net gain of approximately $1.5 million.

Other income (expense)

In fiscal 2012, we incurred a foreign currency gain of $0.9 million as compared to a gain of $2.1 million in fiscal 2011 and a loss of $0.5 million in fiscal 2010. The $1.2 million decrease in foreign currency gain for fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011 was driven by the changes in the local currency denominated balance sheet accounts, as well as the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi. Additionally, during fiscal 2012, we recognized a $1.6 million gain on our equity investment as compared to a gain of $0.6 million in fiscal 2011 (see Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report for further information on our equity investment).

In fiscal 2011, the $2.6 million increase in foreign currency gain as compared to fiscal 2010 was driven by the changes in the local currency denominated balance sheet accounts as well as the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi, Euro, and Pound Sterling.

Income taxes

Income tax expense for fiscal 2012 was $14.8 million, which is primarily comprised of tax expense related to international operations and a reduction in U.K. deferred tax assets due to a decrease in U.K. tax rates, offset by tax benefit from the reversal of uncertain tax position accruals related to success-based fees incurred in connection with prior business combinations. For fiscal 2012, this resulted in an annual effective tax rate of 94.5%.

In comparison, the income tax benefit for fiscal 2011 was $1.1 million, which is comprised primarily of tax expense related to domestic and international operations, offset by tax benefits related to the release of the $22.8 million valuation allowance against U.K. deferred tax assets, other changes in the domestic and foreign deferred tax asset valuation allowances, and expiration of the statute of limitations on uncertain tax positions assumed in prior business combinations. For fiscal 2011, this resulted in an annual effective tax rate of (0.9%).

For fiscal 2010 income tax expense was $13.8 million, which is comprised primarily of tax expense related to domestic and international operations, finalizing the Advance Pricing Agreement and related adjustments with China tax authorities for calendar years 2006 through 2008, and settlement of the North Carolina audit of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, offset by tax benefits related to changes in the domestic and foreign deferred tax asset valuation allowances and the carryback of fiscal 2009 federal losses. For fiscal 2010, this resulted in an annual effective tax rate of 16.3%.

A valuation allowance has been established against net deferred tax assets in the taxing jurisdictions where, based upon the positive and negative evidence available, it is more likely than not that the related net deferred tax assets will not be realized. Realization is dependent upon generating future income in the taxing jurisdictions in which the

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operating loss carryovers, credit carryovers, depreciable tax basis, and other tax deferred assets exist. The realizability of these deferred tax assets are reevaluated on a quarterly basis. As of the end of fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012, the valuation allowance against domestic and foreign deferred tax assets was $132.1 million, $92.3 million and $112.7 million, respectively.

The $138.4 million valuation allowance as of the beginning of fiscal 2010 arose mainly from uncertainty related to the realizability of U.S. deferred tax assets due to operating losses and impairment charges incurred in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 that resulted in the U.S. moving into a cumulative pre-tax loss for the most recent three-year period, U.K. deferred tax assets acquired in connection with the Filtronic acquisition, and Shanghai, China deferred tax assets acquired in connection with the Sirenza acquisition. During fiscal 2010, there was a $6.3 million decrease in the overall valuation allowance comprised of a $7.6 million decrease related to the carryback of the fiscal 2009 federal net operating loss (NOL) and a $1.3 million increase related to other changes in domestic and foreign deferred tax assets.

During fiscal 2011 there was a $39.8 million decrease in the valuation allowance comprised of a $22.8 million release of the U.K. valuation allowance related to the net deferred tax assets as of the end of fiscal 2011 and $17.0 million for other decreases related to changes in domestic and foreign net deferred tax assets. The U.K. valuation allowance was released based on the positive evidence of income being generated in the U.K. in each of the last several quarters, the scheduled completion of the implementation of production technology to allow the U.K. facility to produce PAs in addition to switches during fiscal 2012, and future projections of continued profitability, which overcame any remaining negative evidence.

The $20.4 million increase in the valuation allowance during fiscal 2012 was comprised of a $22.2 million increase related to changes in domestic deferred tax assets during fiscal 2012 offset by a $1.8 million decrease from the release of the Shanghai, China valuation allowance upon completing the liquidation of that legal entity. The remaining valuation allowance as of the end of fiscal 2012 is related to the U.S. net deferred tax assets.

As of March 31, 2012, the Company had federal loss carryovers of approximately $102.5 million that expire in years 2019-2032 if unused, state losses of approximately $95.1 million that expire in years 2012-2028 if unused, and U.K. loss carryovers of approximately $32.9 million that carry forward indefinitely. Federal research credits of $47.4 million, federal foreign tax credits of $3.2 million, and state credits of $28.8 million may expire in years 2012-2032, 2017-2022, and 2012-2024, respectively. Federal alternative minimum tax credits of $1.5 million will carry forward indefinitely. Included in the amounts above are certain net operating losses (NOLs) and other tax attribute assets acquired in conjunction with the Filtronic, Sirenza and Silicon Wave acquisitions. The utilization of acquired domestic assets is subject to certain annual limitations as required under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and similar state income tax provisions. The acquired U.K. loss carryovers are potentially subject to limitation under the U.K. anti-avoidance provisions if there is a “major change” in the nature or conduct of the trade or business of Filtronic within three years of its change in ownership. In the opinion of management, there has not been a “major change” in the nature or conduct of our U.K. business that would subject these U.K.-acquired tax loss carryforwards to limitation under the U.K. anti-avoidance provisions.

Our gross unrecognized tax benefits totaled $31.8 million as of April 3, 2010, $32.9 million as of April 2, 2011, and $31.7 million as of March 31, 2012. Of those gross unrecognized tax benefits, $21.1 million, $24.4 million, and $24.4 million net of federal benefit of state taxes represents the respective amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate. Included in the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2012, is $0.5 million to $1.0 million related to tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts could significantly change in the next 12 months. This amount represents a decrease in gross unrecognized tax benefits related to reductions for tax positions in prior years.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Under FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation” (FASB ASC Topic 718), share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award using an option pricing model (Black-Scholes), and is recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite service period.

As of March 31, 2012, total remaining unearned compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock units and options was $30.0 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period of approximately 1.1 years.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

We have funded our operations to date through sales of equity and debt securities, bank borrowings, capital equipment leases and revenue from product sales. Beginning in fiscal 1998, we have raised approximately $1,053.3 million, net of offering expenses, from public and Rule 144A securities offerings. As of March 31, 2012, we had working capital of approximately $421.2 million, including $135.5 million in cash and cash equivalents, compared to working capital at April 2, 2011, of $465.2 million, including $131.8 million in cash and cash equivalents.

Our total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $300.4 million as of March 31, 2012. This balance includes approximately $88.9 million held by our foreign subsidiaries. If these funds held by our foreign subsidiaries are needed for our operations in the U.S., we would be required to accrue and pay U.S. taxes to repatriate these funds. However, under our current plans, we expect to permanently reinvest these funds outside of the U.S. and do not expect to repatriate them to fund our U.S. operations.

Share Repurchase

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, we announced that our Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $200.0 million of our outstanding common stock, exclusive of related fees, commissions or other expenses, from time to time during a period commencing on January 28, 2011 and expiring on January 27, 2013. This share repurchase program authorizes us to repurchase shares through solicited or unsolicited transactions in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. During fiscal 2012, we repurchased approximately 4.9 million shares at an average price of $6.18 on the open market. During fiscal 2011, we repurchased approximately 1.7 million shares at an average price of $7.44 on the open market.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Operating activities in fiscal 2012 provided cash of $124.2 million, compared to $213.4 million in fiscal 2011. This year-over-year decrease was primarily attributable to decreased profitability as a result of lower revenue.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2012 was $49.9 million compared to $30.2 million in fiscal 2011. This change was primarily due to increased capital expenditures related to the expansion of our assembly and test capacity during fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011. Capital expenditures in fiscal 2013 are expected to be in line with fiscal years 2012 and 2011, which we expect to fund with cash flows from operations. The actual amount of capital expenditures will be dependent on our sourcing strategy for manufacturing capacity and the rate and pace of new technology development.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities in fiscal 2012 was $70.4 million compared to $157.3 million in fiscal 2011. This decrease in cash used in financing activities was primarily due to decreased repayments of debt. During fiscal 2012, we purchased and retired $35.8 million original principal amount of our 2012 Notes. Also during fiscal 2012, the remaining balance of our asset-based equipment term loan (consisting of a balloon payment of $3.0 million, plus $0.9 million of principal and interest payments) was paid with cash on hand. During fiscal 2011, we purchased and retired $135.5 million aggregate principal amount of the 2012 Notes for $134.6 million, we repaid the $12.9 million balance of a “no net cost” loan (see Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) and we paid the remaining $10.0 million balance of our 2010 Notes when they matured on July 1, 2010. During fiscal 2012, cash used in financing activities increased due to the purchase and retirement of 4.9 million shares of common stock for approximately $30.4 million (including transaction costs) compared to the repurchase of 1.7 million shares of our common stock for $12.6 million in fiscal 2011.

Our future capital requirements may differ materially from those currently anticipated and will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, market acceptance of our products, volume pricing concessions, capital improvements, demand for our products, technological advances and our relationships with suppliers and customers. Based on current and projected levels of cash flow from operations, coupled with our existing cash and cash equivalents, we believe that we have sufficient liquidity to meet both our short-term and long-term cash requirements. However, if there is a significant decrease in demand for our products, or in the event that growth is faster than we had anticipated, operating cash flows may be insufficient to meet our needs. If existing resources and cash from

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operations are not sufficient to meet our future requirements or if we perceive conditions to be favorable, we may seek additional debt or equity financing, additional credit facilities, enter into sale-leaseback transactions or obtain asset-based financing. We cannot be sure that any additional equity or debt financing will not be dilutive to holders of our common stock. Further, we cannot be sure that additional equity or debt financing, if required, will be available on favorable terms, if at all.

IMPACT OF INFLATION

We do not believe that the effects of inflation had a significant impact on our revenue or income from continuing operations during fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010. Our financial results in fiscal 2013 could be adversely affected by wage and commodity price inflation (including precious metals).

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

As of March 31, 2012, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations and commitments (in thousands) as of March 31, 2012, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods.

	Payments Due By Period
	Total		Less than						More than
	Payments		1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		5 years
Capital commitments	$	4,377	$	4,377	$	—	$	—	$	—
Capital leases		237		73		146		18		—
Operating leases		31,572		9,633		11,722		5,817		4,400
Convertible debt (including interest) *		164,853		27,928		136,925		—		—
Other debt (including interest)		6,371		6,371		—		—		—
Purchase obligations		84,966		75,667		9,261		38		—
Total	$	292,376	$	124,049	$	158,054	$	5,873	$	4,400

* The 2012 Notes and 2014 Notes have a remaining principal balance of $26.5 million and $134.9 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2012. The 2012 Notes were subsequently retired on April 15, 2012.

Capital Commitments

On March 31, 2012, we had short-term capital commitments of approximately $4.4 million, primarily for increasing test capacity, as well as for equipment replacements, equipment for process improvements and general corporate requirements.

Capital Leases

We lease certain equipment and computer hardware and software under non-cancelable lease agreements that are accounted for as capital leases. Interest rates on capital leases ranged from 6.0% to 6.4% as of March 31, 2012. Equipment under capital lease arrangements is included in property and equipment and has a net cost of $0.3 million and $0.4 million as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, respectively.

Operating Leases

We lease the majority of our corporate, wafer fabrication and other facilities from several third party real estate developers. The remaining terms of these operating leases range from approximately one year to 11 years. Several have renewal options of up to two 10-year periods and several also include standard inflation escalation terms. Several also include rent escalation, rent holidays and leasehold improvement incentives, which are recognized to expense on a straight-line basis. The amortization period of leasehold improvements made either at the inception of

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the lease or during the lease term is amortized over the lesser of the remaining life of the lease term (including renewals that are reasonably assured) or the useful life of the asset. We also lease various machinery and equipment and office equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. The remaining terms of these operating leases range from less than one year to approximately three years. As of March 31, 2012, the total future minimum lease payments were approximately $31.3 million related to facility operating leases and approximately $0.2 million related to equipment operating leases.

Convertible Debt

In April 2007, we issued $200 million aggregate principal amount of 0.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due on April 15, 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) and $175 million aggregate principal amount of 1.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due on April 15, 2014 (the “2014 Notes,” and together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”) in a private placement to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for resale to qualified institutional buyers. The net proceeds of the offering were approximately $366.2 million after payment of the underwriting discount and expenses of the offering totaling approximately $8.8 million. Interest on the Notes is payable in cash semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning October 15, 2007. The Notes are subordinated unsecured obligations and rank junior in right of payment to all of our existing and future senior debt. The Notes effectively will be subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries.

During fiscal 2012, we purchased and retired $35.8 million aggregate principal amount of our 2012 Notes for an average price of $103.27, which resulted in a loss of approximately $0.9 million. During fiscal 2011, we purchased and retired $135.5 million aggregate principal amount of our 2012 Notes for an average price of $99.32, which resulted in a loss of approximately $2.4 million. During fiscal 2010, we purchased and retired $2.3 million aggregate principal amount of the 2012 Notes at an average price of $78.56, which resulted in a gain of approximately $0.3 million. The 2012 Notes became due on April 15, 2012, and the remaining principal balance of $26.4 million plus interest of $0.1 million was paid with cash on hand.

In fiscal 2010, we purchased and retired $7.8 million aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Notes at an average price of $61.55, which resulted in a gain of approximately $1.6 million.

As of March 31, 2012, the 2012 Notes had a fair value on the Private Offerings, Resale and Trading through Automated Linkages (“PORTAL”) Market of $26.5 million, compared to a carrying value of $26.4 million. As of April 2, 2011, the 2012 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $66.1 million, compared to a carrying value of $58.3 million.

As of March 31, 2012, the 2014 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $134.9 million, compared to a carrying value of $118.9 million. As of April 2, 2011, the 2014 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $145.0 million, compared to a carrying value of $112.0 million.

The indentures governing our 2012 Notes and our 2014 Notes contain certain non-financial covenants, and as of March 31, 2012, we were in compliance with these covenants.

During fiscal 2004, we completed the private placement of $230.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% convertible subordinated notes due 2010. During fiscal years 2009 and 2010, the Company purchased and retired $23.0 million and $197.0 million, respectively, of the original principal amount of the 2010 Notes. In fiscal 2011, the remaining $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2010 Notes matured and was repaid.

Other Debt

During fiscal 2008, we entered into a loan denominated in Renminbi with a bank in Beijing, China. As of March 31, 2012, the remaining balance of the loan was equivalent to approximately $6.3 million (with the amount fluctuating based on currency rates), which was subsequently repaid at maturity in April 2012 with cash on hand. The proceeds were used for the expansion of our internal assembly facility. Interest was calculated at 95% of the People’s Bank of China benchmark interest rate at the end of each month and was payable on the twentieth day of the last month of each quarter (the People’s Bank of China benchmark interest rate for a three- to five-year loan was 6.9% effective as of July 7, 2011, which was the most recent published rate available as of March 31, 2012). We received a cash incentive from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Industrial Development in support of the expansion of our China facility, which offset the amount of monthly interest expense for the first two years of the loan.

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During fiscal 2007, we entered into a $25.0 million asset-based financing equipment term loan. In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the equipment term loan became due and the remaining balance of $3.9 million was paid with cash on hand.

Purchase Obligations

As of March 31, 2012, we had contractual obligations for the purchase of goods or services totaling approximately $85.0 million.

Other Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2012, in addition to the amounts shown in the Contractual Obligations table above, we have $31.7 million of unrecognized income tax benefits, of which $9.1 million have been recorded as liabilities. We are uncertain as to if, or when, such amounts may be settled.

As discussed in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this report, we have an unfunded pension plan in Germany with a benefit obligation of approximately $4.1 million as of March 31, 2012. Pension benefit payments are not included in the schedule above as they are not available for all periods presented. Pension benefit payments were less than $0.1 million in fiscal 2012 and are expected to be less than $0.1 million in fiscal 2013.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to use judgment and estimates. The level of uncertainty in estimates and assumptions increases with the length of time until the underlying transactions are completed. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The accounting policies that are most critical in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are those that are both important to the presentation of our financial condition and results of operations and require significant judgment and estimates on the part of management. Our critical accounting policies are reviewed periodically with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. We also have other policies that we consider key accounting policies, such as policies for revenue recognition (see Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements); however, these policies typically do not require us to make estimates or judgments that are difficult or subjective.

Inventory Reserves. The valuation of inventory requires us to estimate obsolete or excess inventory. The determination of obsolete or excess inventory requires us to estimate the future demand for our products within specific time horizons, generally six to 12 months. The estimates of future demand that we use in the valuation of inventory reserves are the same as those used in our revenue forecasts and are also consistent with the estimates used in our manufacturing plans to enable consistency between inventory valuation and build decisions. Product-specific facts and circumstances reviewed in the inventory valuation process include a review of the customer base, market conditions, and customer acceptance of our products and technologies, as well as an assessment of the selling price in relation to the product cost.

Historically, inventory reserves have fluctuated as new technologies have been introduced and customers’ demand has shifted. Inventory reserves had a 1% or lower impact on margins in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill is recorded when the purchase price paid for a business exceeds the estimated fair value of the net identified tangible and intangible assets acquired. Intangibles are recorded when such assets are acquired by purchase or license. The value of our intangibles, including goodwill, could be impacted by future adverse changes such as: (i) any future declines in our operating results; (ii) a decline in the value of technology company stocks, including the value of our common stock; (iii) a prolonged or more significant slowdown in the worldwide economy or the semiconductor industry; or (iv) any failure to meet the performance projections included in our forecasts of future operating results.

Goodwill

We have determined that our reporting units as of fiscal 2012 are CPG, MPG and CSG for purposes of allocating and testing goodwill. In evaluating our reporting units we first consider our operating segments

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and related components in accordance with FASB guidance. Goodwill is allocated to our reporting units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combinations generating the underlying goodwill. As of March 31, 2012, our goodwill balance of $95.6 million is allocated solely to our MPG reporting unit.

We evaluate our goodwill for potential impairment on an annual basis or whenever events or circumstances indicate that an impairment may have occurred. We test for impairment using a two-step process. The first step of the goodwill impairment test is to identify potential impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of each reporting unit containing our goodwill with the related carrying amount of the reporting unit.

We have historically used both the income and market approaches to estimate the fair value of our reporting units. The income approach involves discounting future estimated cash flows. The sum of the reporting unit cash flow projections is compared to our market capitalization in a discounted cash flow framework to calculate an overall implied internal rate of return (or discount rate) for the Company. Our market capitalization is adjusted to a control basis assuming a reasonable control premium, which results in an implied discount rate. This implied discount rate serves as a baseline for estimating the specific discount rate for each reporting unit.

The discount rate used is the value-weighted average of our estimated cost of equity and debt (or cost of capital) derived using both known and estimated customary market metrics. Our weighted average cost of capital is adjusted for each reporting unit to reflect a risk factor, if necessary, for each reporting unit. We perform sensitivity tests with respect to growth rates and discount rates used in the income approach. We believe the income approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value estimate based upon the respective reporting unit’s expected long-term operations and cash flow performance.

In applying the market approach, valuation multiples are derived from historical and projected operating data of selected guideline companies, which are evaluated and adjusted, if necessary, based on the strengths and weaknesses of the reporting unit relative to the selected guideline companies. The valuation multiples are then applied to the appropriate historical and/or projected operating data of the reporting unit to arrive at an indication of fair value. We believe the market approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value using multiples from companies with operations and economic characteristics similar to our reporting units. We weighted the results of the income approach and the results of the market approach at 60% and 40%, respectively. The income approach was given a higher weight because it has a more direct correlation to the specific economics of the reporting units than the market approach, which is based on multiples of companies that, although comparable, may not have the exact same mix of products and may not have the exact same systemic or non-systemic risk factors as our reporting units. Our methodologies used for valuing the invested capital of its reporting units during fiscal 2012 have not changed as compared to fiscal years 2011 and 2010.

If the fair value of the reporting unit is determined to be less than the carrying value, we perform a step-two analysis in order to determine the implied fair value of each reporting unit’s goodwill and determine the amount of the impairment of goodwill. Determining the implied fair value of goodwill requires valuation of a reporting unit’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities in a manner similar to the allocation of purchase price in a business combination. For purposes of determining the implied fair value of goodwill, the income tax basis of a reporting unit’s assets and liabilities implicit in the tax structure is assumed in the estimation of fair value of the reporting unit in step-one.

We conduct our annual goodwill impairment test on the first day of the fourth quarter in each fiscal year, and did so in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 without a need to expand the impairment test to step-two.

Inherent in such fair value determinations of our reporting units are significant judgments and estimates, including assumptions about our future revenue, profitability and cash flows, our operational plans and our interpretation of current economic indicators and market valuations. To the extent these assumptions are incorrect or there are further declines in our business outlook, additional goodwill impairment charges may be recorded in future periods.

For fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, the material assumptions used for the income approach were 10 years of projected net cash flows, a discount rate of 19.0% (2012), 16.5% (2011) and 16.0% (2010) and a long-term growth rate of 4% for the MPG reporting unit. We considered historical rates, current market conditions, our financial projections, and expectations for the long-term growth rate of the industry and inflation when determining the discount and growth rates used in our analysis. A one percentage point

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decrease in the discount rate would have increased the fair value of the MPG reporting unit by approximately $31.0 million, while a one percentage point increase in the discount rate would have decreased the fair value of the MPG reporting unit by approximately $27.0 million. A one percentage point decrease in the long-term growth rate would have decreased the fair value of the MPG reporting unit by approximately $10.0 million, while a one percentage point increase in the long-term growth rate would have increased the fair value of the MPG reporting unit by approximately $11.0 million. The results of this sensitivity analysis would not have changed our goodwill impairment assessment as the fair value of the MPG reporting unit significantly exceeded the carrying value.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are recorded when such assets are acquired by purchase or license. The amounts and useful lives assigned to intangible assets acquired, other than goodwill, impact the amount and timing of amortization. Intangible assets consist primarily of technology licenses, customer relationships and acquired product technology resulting from business combinations. Technology licenses are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the estimated useful life of the technology or the term of the license agreement, ranging from approximately 6 to 15 years. Acquired product technology and customer relationships are also amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, ranging from 4 to 10 years.

We regularly review identified intangible assets to determine if facts and circumstances indicate that the useful life is shorter than we originally estimated or that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist, we assess the recoverability of identified intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairments, if any, are based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets and occur in the period in which the impairment determination was made.

The value of acquired in-process research and development is determined by estimating the costs to develop the purchased in-process research and development into a commercially viable product, estimating the resulting cash flows from the sale of the products resulting from the completion of the in-process research and development and discounting the net cash flows using an appropriate discount rate, net of returns on contributory assets. For acquisitions prior to fiscal 2010, acquired in-process research and development with no future alternative use was expensed at the acquisition date. For subsequent acquisitions, acquired in-process research and development with no future alternative use is capitalized in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations.”

The value of acquired developed technology is determined by discounting forecasted cash flows directly related to the existing product technology, net of returns on contributory assets.

The value of acquired customer relationships is based on the benefit derived from the incremental revenue and related cash flows as a direct result of the customer relationship. These forecasted cash flows are discounted to present value using an appropriate discount rate.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets. We review the carrying values of all long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that such carrying values may not be recoverable. Factors that we consider in deciding when to perform an impairment review include significant under-performance of a business, significant negative industry or economic trends, and significant changes or planned changes in our use of assets.

In making impairment determinations for long-lived assets, we utilize certain assumptions, including but not limited to: (i) estimations and quoted market prices of the fair market value of the assets; and (ii) estimations of future cash flows expected to be generated by these assets, which are based on additional assumptions such as asset utilization, length of service that the asset will be used in our operations and estimated salvage values.

Share-Based Compensation. FASB ASC Topic 718 requires all share-based payments, including grants of stock options and restricted stock units, to be recognized in our financial statements based on their respective grant date fair values. Under this standard, the fair value of each employee stock option is estimated on the date of grant using an option pricing model that meets certain requirements. We currently use the Black-

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Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of our share-based payments. The Black-Scholes model meets the requirements of FASB ASC Topic 718, but the fair values generated by the model may not be indicative of the actual fair values of our share-based awards as this model does not consider certain factors important to share-based awards, such as continued employment, periodic vesting requirements and limited transferability. The determination of the fair value of share-based payment awards utilizing the Black-Scholes model is affected by our stock price and a number of assumptions, including expected volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.

Expected Volatility

We use implied volatility based on publicly traded options, as we believe implied volatility is more useful than historical volatility in estimating expected volatility because it is generally reflective of both historical volatility and expectations of how future volatility will differ from historical volatility. In determining the appropriateness of implied volatility, we considered: (i) the volume of market activity of publicly traded options and determined that there was sufficient market activity; (ii) the ability to reasonably match the input variables of options publicly traded to those of options granted by us, such as the date of grant and the exercise price, and determined that the input assumptions were comparable; and (iii) the length of term of publicly traded options used to derive implied volatility, which is generally six months to two years, and determined that the length of term was sufficient.

If we determined that another method of estimating expected volatility was more reasonable than our current method, or if another method for calculating expected volatility was prescribed by authoritative guidance, the fair value calculated for share-based awards could change significantly. Higher volatility results in an increase to share-based compensation determined at the date of grant.

Expected Term

The expected life of employee stock options represents the weighted-average period that the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. Our method of calculating the expected term of an option is based on the assumption that all outstanding options will be exercised at the midpoint of the current date and full contractual term, combined with the average life of all options that have been exercised or cancelled. We believe that method provides a better estimate of the future expected life based on analysis of historical exercise behavioral data.

Risk-Free Interest Rate

The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed interest rates appropriate for the expected terms of our stock options.

Expected Dividend Yield

The dividend yield assumption is based on our history and expectation of dividend payouts.

Forfeitures

The amount of share-based compensation expense in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 was reduced for estimated forfeitures based on historical experience. Forfeitures are required to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. We evaluate the assumptions used to value stock awards on a quarterly basis. If factors change and we employ different assumptions, share-based compensation expense may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the past. To the extent that we grant additional equity securities to employees or we assume unvested securities in connection with any acquisitions, our share-based compensation expense will be increased by the additional unearned compensation resulting from those additional grants or acquisitions. The fair value of our restricted stock units is based on the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. Share-based compensation expense recognized in our financial statements in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 is based on awards that are ultimately expected to vest.

Income Taxes. In determining income for financial statement purposes, we must make certain estimates and judgments in the calculation of tax expense, the resultant tax liabilities, and in the recoverability of deferred tax assets that arise from temporary differences between the tax and financial statement recognition of revenue and expense.

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As part of our financial process, we assess on a tax jurisdictional basis the likelihood that our deferred tax assets can be recovered. If recovery is not likely, the provision for taxes must be increased by recording a reserve in the form of a valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets that are estimated not to ultimately be recoverable. In this process, certain relevant criteria are evaluated including: the amount of income or loss in prior years, the existence of deferred tax liabilities that can be used to absorb deferred tax assets, the taxable income in prior carryback years that can be used to absorb net operating losses and credit carrybacks, future expected taxable income, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. Changes in taxable income, market conditions, U.S. or international tax laws, and other factors may change our judgment regarding realizability. These changes, if any, may require material adjustments to the net deferred tax assets and an accompanying reduction or increase in net income in the period when such determinations are made. See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding changes during fiscal years 2011 and 2012 in the valuation allowance and net deferred tax assets.

As part of our financial process, we also assess the likelihood that our tax reporting positions will ultimately be sustained. To the extent it is determined it is more likely than not that a tax reporting position will ultimately not be recognized and sustained, a provision for unrecognized tax benefit is provided by either reducing the applicable deferred tax asset or accruing an income tax liability. Our judgment regarding the sustainability of our tax reporting positions may change in the future due to changes in U.S. or international tax laws and other factors. These changes, if any, may require material adjustments to the related deferred tax assets or accrued income tax liabilities and an accompanying reduction or increase in net income in the period when such determinations are made. See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our uncertain tax positions and the amount of unrecognized tax benefits.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCMENTS

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs” (“ASU 2011-04”). For assets and liabilities categorized as Level 3 and recognized at fair value, ASU 2011-04 requires disclosure of quantitative information about unobservable inputs, a description of the valuation processes used by the entity, and a qualitative discussion about the sensitivity of the measurements. In addition, ASU 2011-04 requires that we disclose the level in the fair value hierarchy for financial instruments disclosed at fair value but not recorded at fair value. We adopted the new standard in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. Other than requiring additional disclosures, the adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not significantly impact our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2011-05”). ASU 2011-05 allows an entity to present the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The updated guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. While ASU 2011-05 changes the presentation of comprehensive income, there are no changes to the components that are recognized in net income or other comprehensive income under current accounting guidance. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12 “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05” (“ASU 2011-12”), which defers only those changes in ASU 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. The new guidance is effective on a retrospective basis for financial statements issued for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011. We will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The adoption of ASU 2011-05 and the deferrals in ASU 2011-12 are not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-08, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), Testing Goodwill for Impairment” (“ASU 2011-08”). ASU 2011-08 permits an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in Topic 350. The qualitative assessment is optional, allowing companies to go directly to the quantitative assessment. The amendments in this update are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. We will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. We do not expect ASU 2011-08 to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures as the value of goodwill will not be affected by the adoption of this standard.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Financial Risk Management

We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates, currency exchange rates and certain commodity prices. The overall objective of our financial risk management program is to seek a reduction in the potential negative earnings effects from changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and commodity prices arising from our business activities. We manage these financial exposures through operational means and by using various financial instruments. These practices may change as economic conditions change.

Interest Rates

We are exposed to interest rate risk primarily from our investments in available-for-sale securities. In accordance with an investment policy approved by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, our available-for-sale securities are predominantly comprised of U.S. government/agency securities. We continually monitor our exposure to changes in interest rates and the credit ratings of issuers with respect to our available-for-sale securities. As a result of this monitoring and recent volatility of the financial markets, the Audit Committee adopted a more conservative investment strategy, and we are currently investing in lower risk and consequently lower interest-bearing investments. Accordingly, we believe that the effects of changes in interest rates and the credit ratings of these issuers are limited and would not have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations. However, it is possible that we would be at risk if interest rates or the credit ratings of these issuers were to change unfavorably.

At March 31, 2012, we held available-for-sale investments with an estimated fair value of $219.3 million. We do not purchase financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. Our investments are classified as available-for-sale securities and are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income. Our investments earned an average annual interest rate of approximately 0.1% in fiscal 2012 or approximately $0.2 million in interest income. In fiscal 2011, our investments earned an average annual interest rate of approximately 0.3% or approximately $0.5 million in interest income. We do not have any investments denominated in foreign currencies and therefore are not subject to foreign currency risk on such investments.

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations

Convertible Debt

In April 2007, we issued $200 million aggregate principal amount of 0.75% convertible subordinated notes due on April 15, 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) and $175 million aggregate principal amount of 1.00% convertible subordinated notes due on April 15, 2014 (the “2014 Notes”). The net proceeds of the offering were approximately $366.2 million after payment of the underwriting discount and expenses of the offering totaling approximately $8.8 million, which are being amortized as interest expense over the term of the two series of notes based on the effective interest method. Interest on both series of the notes is payable in cash semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, and we began paying interest on October 15, 2007.

During fiscal 2012, we purchased and retired $35.8 million aggregate principal amount of our 2012 Notes for an average price of $103.27, which resulted in a loss of approximately $0.9 million. During fiscal 2011, we purchased and retired $135.5 million aggregate principal amount of our 2012 Notes for an average price of $99.32, which resulted in a loss of approximately $2.4 million. During fiscal 2010, we purchased and retired $2.3 million aggregate principal amount of the 2012 Notes at an average price of $78.56, which resulted in a gain of approximately $0.3 million. The 2012 Notes became due on April 15, 2012, and the remaining principal balance of $26.4 million plus interest of $0.1 million was paid with cash on hand.

In fiscal 2010, we purchased and retired $7.8 million aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Notes at an average price of $61.55, which resulted in a gain of approximately $1.6 million.

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During fiscal 2004, we completed the private placement of $230.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% convertible subordinated notes due 2010. During fiscal years 2009 and 2010, the Company purchased and retired $23.0 million and $197.0 million, respectively, of the original principal amount of the 2010 Notes. In fiscal 2011, the remaining $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2010 Notes matured and was repaid.

Because our convertible subordinated notes have fixed interest rates, we do not have significant interest rate exposure on our long-term debt. However, the fair value of the convertible subordinated notes is subject to significant fluctuations due to their convertibility into shares of our common stock and other market conditions. The fair value of these convertible subordinated notes is also sensitive to fluctuations in the general level of U.S. interest rates. As of March 31, 2012, the 2012 Notes had a fair value on the Private Offerings, Resale and Trading through Automated Linkages (“PORTAL”) Market of $26.5 million, compared to a carrying value of $26.4 million. As of April 2, 2011, the 2012 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $66.1 million, compared to a carrying value of $58.3 million. As of March 31, 2012, the 2014 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $134.9 million, compared to a carrying value of $118.9 million. As of April 2, 2011, the 2014 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $145.0 million, compared to a carrying value of $112.0 million.

Other Debt

During fiscal 2008, we entered into a loan denominated in Renminbi with a bank in Beijing, China. As of March 31, 2012, the remaining balance of the loan was the equivalent to approximately $6.3 million (with the amount fluctuating based on currency rates), which was subsequently repaid at maturity in April 2012 with cash on hand. The proceeds were used for the expansion of our internal assembly facility. Interest was calculated at 95% of the People’s Bank of China benchmark interest rate at the end of each month and was payable on the twentieth day of the last month of each quarter (the People’s Bank of China benchmark interest rate for a three- to five-year loan was 6.9% effective as of July 7, 2011, which was the most recent published rate available as of March 31, 2012). We received a cash incentive from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Industrial Development in support of the expansion of our China facility. This incentive offset the amount of monthly interest expense for the first two years of the loan, minimizing our interest rate exposure.

During fiscal 2007, we entered into a $25.0 million asset-based financing agreement (“equipment term loan”). In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the equipment term loan became due and the remaining balance of $3.9 million was paid with cash on hand.

We would be exposed to interest rate risk if we used additional financing to fund operating and investing activities. The interest rate that we may be able to obtain on future financings will depend on market conditions at that time and may differ from the rates that we have secured in the past.

Capital Lease Obligations

We lease certain equipment and computer hardware and software under non-cancelable lease agreements that are accounted for as capital leases. Equipment under capital lease arrangements and interest expense were immaterial as of March 31, 2012, resulting in limited interest rate exposure.

Currency Exchange Rates

As a global company, our results are affected by movements in currency exchange rates. Our exposure may increase or decrease over time as our foreign business levels fluctuate in the countries where we have operations, and these changes could have a material impact on our financial results. Our functional currency is typically the U.S. dollar. We have foreign operations in Europe and Asia and a substantial portion of our revenue is derived from sales to customers outside the U.S. Our international revenue is primarily denominated in U.S. dollars. Operating expenses and certain working capital items related to our foreign-based operations are, in some instances, denominated in the local foreign currencies and therefore are affected by changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rate in relation to foreign currencies, such as the Renminbi, Euro and Pound Sterling. If the U.S. dollar weakens compared to the Renminbi, Euro, Pound Sterling and other currencies, our operating expenses for foreign operations will be higher when remeasured back into U.S. dollars. We seek to manage our foreign exchange risk in part through operational means.

For fiscal 2012, we incurred a foreign currency gain of $0.9 million compared to a foreign currency gain of $2.1 million in fiscal 2011, which is recorded in “other income (expense).” The $1.2 million decrease in foreign currency gain for fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011, was driven by the changes in the local currency denominated balance sheet accounts as well as the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi.

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Our financial instrument holdings, including foreign receivables, cash, payables and debt at March 31, 2012, were analyzed to determine their sensitivity to foreign exchange rate changes. In this sensitivity analysis, we assumed that the change in one currency’s rate relative to the U.S. dollar would not have an effect on other currencies’ rates relative to the U.S. dollar. All other factors were held constant. If the U.S. dollar declined in value 10% in relation to the re-measured foreign currency instruments, our net income would have increased by approximately $4.4 million. If the U.S. dollar increased in value 10% in relation to the re-measured foreign currency instruments, our net income would have decreased by approximately $3.6 million.

Commodity Prices

We routinely use precious metals in the manufacture of our products. Supplies for such commodities may from time to time become restricted, or general market factors and conditions may affect the pricing of such commodities. In fiscal 2012, the price of gold continued to increase, and certain of our supply chain partners assessed surcharges to compensate for the resultant increase in manufacturing costs. We are currently developing technology that would replace gold with lower-cost materials to reduce this exposure. We also have an active reclamation process to capture any unused gold. While we continue to attempt to mitigate the risk of similar increases in commodities-related costs, there can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully safeguard against potential short-term and long-term commodity price fluctuations.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

	Page
Consolidated Balance Sheets		46
Consolidated Statements of Income		48
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity		49
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		50
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		52
Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting		82
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting		83
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		84

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

	March 31, 2012			April 2, 2011
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	135,524		$	131,760
Restricted cash		15			422
Short-term investments (Notes 1 & 3)		164,863			159,881
Accounts receivable, less allowance of $353 and $800 as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, respectively		100,446			120,375
Inventories (Notes 1 & 4)		130,372			149,813
Prepaid expenses		11,974			6,960
Other receivables (Note 1)		14,877			10,218
Other current assets (Note 10)		11,296			20,730
Total current assets		569,367			600,159
Property and equipment:
Land		3,706			3,706
Building		92,564			91,383
Machinery and equipment		562,864			528,334
Leasehold improvements		79,282			78,783
Furniture and fixtures		11,163			11,316
Computer equipment and software		34,304			32,836
		783,883			746,358
Less accumulated depreciation		(594,286	)		(541,318	)
		189,597			205,040
Construction in progress		8,324			4,438
Total property and equipment, net		197,921			209,478
Goodwill (Notes 1 & 5)		95,628			95,628
Intangible assets, net (Notes 1 & 5)		65,141			83,685
Long-term investments (Notes 1 & 3)		4,325			2,694
Other non-current assets (Notes 1 & 10)		32,202			33,749
Total assets	$	964,584		$	1,025,393

See accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

	March 31, 2012			April 2, 2011
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	68,382		$	89,490
Accrued liabilities		42,198			41,483
Current portion of long term debt, net of unamortized discount (Note 6)		32,759			3,852
Other current liabilities (Notes 8 & 10)		4,846			112
Total current liabilities		148,185			134,937
Long-term debt, net of unamortized discount (Note 6)		118,949			177,343
Other long-term liabilities (Notes 7, 8, 9 & 10)		25,119			36,758
Total liabilities		292,253			349,038
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 8)
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, no par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common stock, no par value; 500,000 shares authorized; 276,992 and 275,376 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, respectively		938,014			966,764
Additional paid-in capital		301,387			276,964
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax		(161	)		393
Accumulated deficit		(566,909	)		(567,766	)
Total shareholders’ equity		672,331			676,355
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	964,584		$	1,025,393

See accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Revenue	$	871,352		$	1,051,756		$	978,393
Cost of goods sold		582,586			662,085			623,224
Gross profit		288,766			389,671			355,169
Operating expenses:
Research and development		151,697			141,097			138,960
Marketing and selling		63,217			59,470			56,592
General and administrative		50,107			48,003			48,316
Other operating (income) expense (Note 9)		(898	)		1,582			4,895
Total operating expenses		264,123			250,152			248,763
Income from operations		24,643			139,519			106,406
Interest expense		(10,997	)		(17,140	)		(23,997	)
Interest income		468			787			1,291
(Loss) gain on retirement of convertible subordinated notes (Note 6)		(908	)		(2,412	)		1,540
Other income (expense)		2,422			2,751			(406	)
Income before income taxes	$	15,628		$	123,505		$	84,834
Income tax (expense) benefit (Note 10)		(14,771	)		1,053			(13,815	)
Net income	$	857		$	124,558		$	71,019
Net income per share (Note 11):
Basic	$	0.00		$	0.46		$	0.27
Diluted	$	0.00		$	0.44		$	0.25
Shares used in per share calculation (Note 11):
Basic		276,289			272,575			267,349
Diluted		282,576			280,394			289,429

See accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

										Accumulated
							Additional			Other
	Common Stock						Paid-in			Comprehensive			Accumulated
	Shares			Amount			Capital			(Loss) Income			Deficit			Total
Balance, March 28, 2009		264,035		$	958,742		$	236,394		$	169		$	(763,343	)	$	431,962
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—			—			—			—			71,019			71,019
Unrealized loss on marketable securities, net of tax		—			—			—			(50	)		—			(50	)
Change in pension liability, net of tax		—			—			—			(123	)		—			(123	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			—			79			—			79
Total comprehensive income																	70,925
Repurchase of convertible subordinated notes, net of tax		—			—			(540	)		—			—			(540	)
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units		4,132			161			—			—			—			161
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan		939			2,313			—			—			—			2,313
Share-based compensation expense		—			—			25,263			—			—			25,263
Balance, April 3, 2010		269,106		$	961,216		$	261,117		$	75		$	(692,324	)	$	530,084
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—			—			—			—			124,558			124,558
Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax		—			—			—			42			—			42
Change in pension liability, net of tax		—			—			—			66			—			66
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			—			210			—			210
Total comprehensive income																	124,876
Repurchase of convertible subordinated notes, net of tax		—			—			(9,579	)		—			—			(9,579	)
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes		7,225			14,699			—			—			—			14,699
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan		742			3,501			—			—			—			3,501
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs		(1,697	)		(12,652	)		—			—			—			(12,652	)
Share-based compensation expense		—			—			25,426			—			—			25,426
Balance, April 2, 2011		275,376		$	966,764		$	276,964		$	393		$	(567,766	)	$	676,355
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—			—			—			—			857			857
Unrealized loss on marketable securities, net of tax		—			—			—			(68	)		—			(68	)
Change in pension liability, net of tax		—			—			—			(519	)		—			(519	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			—			33			—			33
Total comprehensive income																	303
Repurchase of convertible subordinated notes, net of tax		—			—			(1,777	)		—			—			(1,777	)
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes		5,699			(2,232	)		—			—			—			(2,232	)
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan		820			3,855			—			—			—			3,855
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs		(4,903	)		(30,373	)		—			—						(30,373	)
Share-based compensation expense		—			—			26,200			—			—			26,200
Balance, March 31, 2012		276,992		$	938,014		$	301,387		$	(161	)	$	(566,909	)	$	672,331

See accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	857		$	124,558		$	71,019
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		57,949			63,093			72,333
Intangible amortization		18,390			18,457			19,020
Non-cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs		9,378			13,875			17,634
Investment discount amortization, net		(219	)		(272	)		(271	)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options		—			(111	)		—
Deferred income taxes		4,283			(21,633	)		(2,426	)
Foreign currency adjustments		(507	)		(1,181	)		423
Asset impairments (including restructuring impairments)		154			139			2,255
Loss (gain) on retirement of convertible subordinated notes		908			2,412			(1,540	)
Income from equity investment		(1,631	)		(544	)		—
(Gain) loss on assets and other, net		(1,410	)		15			287
Share-based compensation expense		26,174			25,353			25,632
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		19,847			(12,086	)		(17,905	)
Inventories		19,466			(27,161	)		(8,574	)
Prepaid expense and other current and non-current assets		(11,321	)		23,864			(24,714	)
Accounts payable		(21,375	)		6,736			35,257
Accrued liabilities		1,399			(947	)		(1,522	)
Income tax payable/recoverable		6,178			(118	)		5,481
Other liabilities		(4,307	)		(1,062	)		(6,731	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		124,213			213,387			185,658
Investing activities:
Purchase of securities available-for-sale		(205,849	)		(287,617	)		(387,895	)
Proceeds from maturities of securities available-for-sale		201,001			282,523			346,762
Proceeds from sales of trading securities		—			—			950
Purchase of property and equipment		(46,051	)		(25,714	)		(8,445	)
Purchase of intangibles		—			—			(279	)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		984			599			2,712
Net cash used in investing activities		(49,915	)		(30,209	)		(46,195	)

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (continued)

(In thousands)

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Financing activities:
Payment of debt		(41,853	)		(149,669	)		(208,403	)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options		—			111			—
Payments of no net cost loan		—			(12,900	)		(600	)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock		11,285			20,728			2,474
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs		(30,373	)		(12,652	)		—
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units		(9,658	)		(2,528	)		—
Restricted cash associated with financing activities		267			(341	)		(517	)
Repayment of capital lease obligations		(57	)		(97	)		(155	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(70,389	)		(157,348	)		(207,201	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		3,909			25,830			(67,738	)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period		131,760			104,778			172,989
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		(145	)		1,152			(473	)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	135,524		$	131,760		$	104,778
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for interest	$	2,315		$	3,307		$	6,886
Cash paid during the year for income taxes	$	14,554		$	21,427		$	20,219

See accompanying notes.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2012

1. THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina in 1991. The Company is a recognized global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency (RF) components and compound semiconductor technologies. The Company’s products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the mobile device, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN or WiFi), cable television (CATV)/broadband, Smart Energy/advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and aerospace and defense markets. The Company is recognized for its diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise and is a preferred supplier to the world’s leading mobile device, customer premises and communications equipment providers.

The Company’s design and manufacturing expertise encompasses all major applicable semiconductor process technologies, which are accessed through both internal and external resources. The Company is a leading manufacturer of gallium-based (including gallium arsenide, (GaAs), aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs), indium gallium phosphide (InGaP)) and gallium nitride (GaN) compound semiconductors for RF applications. The Company sources silicon-based technologies and a small percentage of GaAs through external foundries. The Company’s broad design and manufacturing resources enable the Company to deliver products optimized for performance and cost in order to best meet customers’ performance, cost and time-to-market requirements.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain amounts in the consolidated statement of cash flows for fiscal 2010 have been reclassified among operating activities to conform to the presentation of the consolidated statement of cash flows for fiscal 2012.

The Company acquired an immaterial investment in a privately-held company in fiscal 2008 and accounted for it under the cost method. During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, this company was recapitalized and restructured, which increased RFMD’s ownership in this company. As a result, the Company adopted and applied the equity method of accounting to this investment retroactively pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 323, “Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures,” (“ASC 323”). The cumulative effect of this accounting change was immaterial to prior fiscal years and was recorded as an equity investment in fiscal 2011. As of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, the equity investment is approximately $2.2 million and approximately $0.5 million, respectively. In addition, the equity investment increased net income by approximately $1.6 million and $0.5 million for fiscal years 2012 and 2011, respectively. The investment is recorded in “long-term investments” in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2012.

Accounting Periods

The Company uses a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year. The most recent three fiscal years ended on March 31, 2012, April 2, 2011, and April 3, 2010. Fiscal years 2012 and 2011 were 52-week years and fiscal 2010 was a 53-week year.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities approximate fair values as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011. See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the fair value of our investments and other financial instruments and see Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the fair value of our debt instruments.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The actual results that we experience may differ materially from our estimates. The Company makes estimates for the returns reserve, rebates, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation including reserves, warranty reserves, income tax valuation, current and deferred income taxes, uncertain tax positions, non-marketable equity investments, other-than-temporary impairments of investments, goodwill, long-lived assets and other financial statement amounts on a regular basis and makes adjustments based on historical experiences and expected future conditions. Accounting estimates require difficult and subjective judgments and actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposit accounts, money market funds, and other temporary, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased.

Investments

Investments are accounted for in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 320, “Investments – Debt and Equity Securities.”

Available-for-Sale Investments

Investments available-for-sale at March 31, 2012, and April 2, 2011, consisted of U.S. government/agency securities and auction rate securities (ARS). Available-for-sale debt investments with an original maturity date greater than approximately three months and less than one year are classified as current investments. Available-for-sale debt investments with an original maturity date exceeding one year are classified as long-term.

Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value as determined by quoted market prices, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method and any realized gain or loss is included in “other income (expense).” The amortized cost of debt securities is adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discounts and is included as a portion of interest.

The Company assesses individual investments for impairment quarterly. Investments are impaired when the fair value is less than the amortized cost. If an investment is impaired, the Company evaluates whether the impairment is other-than-temporary. A debt investment impairment is considered other-than-temporary if (i) the Company intends to sell the security, (ii) it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the entire amortized cost basis, or (iii) the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security (a credit loss). Other-than-temporary declines in the Company’s debt securities are recognized as a loss in the statement of income if due to credit loss; all other losses on debt securities are recorded in other comprehensive income. The previous amortized cost basis less the other-than-temporary impairment becomes the new cost basis and is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in fair value.

Trading Securities

As of April 3, 2010, the Company held Level 3 ARS trading securities, which were recorded as “restricted trading security investments” on its consolidated balance sheet. These Level 3 ARS were settled during fiscal 2011 (see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on the settlement). Cash flows from purchases, sales, and maturities of trading securities are classified based on the nature and purpose for which the securities were acquired, and therefore, our cash flows from trading securities are classified in the investing section of the consolidated statements of cash flows.

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Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market determined using the average cost method. The Company’s business is subject to the risk of technological and design changes. The Company evaluates inventory levels quarterly against sales forecasts on a product family basis to evaluate its overall inventory risk. Reserves are adjusted to reflect inventory values in excess of forecasted sales as well as overall inventory risk assessments by management. In the event the Company sells inventory that had been covered by a specific inventory reserve, the sale is recorded at the actual selling price and the related cost of goods sold is recorded at the full inventory cost, net of the reserve. Abnormal production levels are charged to the income statement in the period incurred rather than as a portion of inventory cost.

Product Warranty

The Company generally sells products with a limited warranty on product quality. The Company accrues for known warranty issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, and accrues for estimated incurred but unidentified issues based on historical activity. The accrual and the related expense for known product warranty issues were not significant during the periods presented. Due to product testing and the short time typically between product shipment and the detection and correction of product failures, as well as considering the historical rate of payments, the accrual and related expense for estimated incurred but unidentified issues were not significant during the periods presented.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from three years to 20 years. The Company’s assets acquired under capital leases and leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the asset life or lease term (which is reasonably assured) and included in depreciation.

The Company performs a review if facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable or that the useful life is shorter than had originally been estimated. The Company assesses the recoverability of the assets held for use by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining estimated useful lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets. If the Company determines that the useful lives are shorter than the Company had originally estimated, the net book value of the assets is depreciated over the newly determined remaining useful lives. The Company identifies property and equipment as “held for sale” based on the current expectation that, more likely than not, an asset or asset group will be sold or otherwise disposed. The held for sale assets cease depreciation once the assets are classified to the held for sale category at their fair market value less costs to sell.

The Company capitalizes the portion of the interest expense related to certain assets that are not ready for their intended use and this amount is depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the qualified assets. The Company additionally records capital-related government grants earned as a reduction to property and equipment and depreciates such grants over the estimated useful lives of the associated assets.

Other Receivables

The Company records miscellaneous non-product receivables that are collectible within 12 months in “other receivables.” The “other receivables” category on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets includes value added tax receivables ($12.0 million as of March 31, 2012 and $8.5 million as of April 2, 2011, which are reported on a net basis), interest receivables and other miscellaneous items.

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1. THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The value of the Company’s goodwill and purchased intangible assets could be impacted by future adverse changes such as: (i) any future declines in RFMD’s operating results, (ii) a decline in the value of technology company stocks, including the value of RFMD’s common stock, (iii) a significant slowdown in the worldwide economy or the semiconductor industry, or (iv) any failure to meet the performance projections included in RFMD’s forecasts of future operating results.

Goodwill

The Company has determined that its reporting units as of fiscal 2012 are CPG, MPG and CSG for purposes of allocating and testing goodwill. In evaluating its reporting units, the Company first considers its operating segments and related components in accordance with FASB guidance. Goodwill is allocated to the reporting units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combinations generating the underlying goodwill. As of March 31, 2012, the Company’s goodwill balance of $95.6 million is allocated to its MPG reporting unit.

Goodwill is recorded when the purchase price paid for a business exceeds the estimated fair value of the net identified tangible and intangible assets acquired. The Company evaluates its goodwill for potential impairment on an annual basis (on the first day of the fourth quarter in each fiscal year) or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that an impairment may have occurred. Goodwill is tested for impairment using a two-step process. The first step of the goodwill impairment test is to identify potential impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of each reporting unit containing the Company’s goodwill with the related carrying amount of the reporting unit. Inherent in such fair value determinations of the Company’s reporting units are significant judgments and estimates, including assumptions about future revenue, profitability and cash flows, operational plans and interpretation of current economic indicators and market valuations.

The Company has historically used both the income and market approaches to estimate the fair value of its reporting units. The income approach involves discounting future estimated cash flows. The sum of the reporting unit cash flow projections was compared to the Company’s market capitalization in a discounted cash flow framework to calculate an overall implied internal rate of return (or discount rate) for the Company. The Company’s market capitalization was adjusted to a control basis assuming a reasonable control premium, which resulted in an implied discount rate. This implied discount rate serves as a baseline for estimating the specific discount rate for each reporting unit.

The discount rate used is the value-weighted average of the Company’s estimated cost of equity and debt (“cost of capital”) derived using both known and estimated customary market metrics. The Company’s weighted average cost of capital is adjusted for each reporting unit to reflect a risk factor, if necessary, for each reporting unit. The Company performs sensitivity tests with respect to growth rates and discount rates used in the income approach. The Company believes the income approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value estimate based upon the respective reporting unit’s expected long-term operations and cash flow performance.

In applying the market approach, valuation multiples are derived from historical and projected operating data of selected guideline companies, which are evaluated and adjusted, if necessary, based on the strengths and weaknesses of the reporting unit relative to the selected guideline companies. The valuation multiples are then applied to the appropriate historical and/or projected operating data of the reporting unit to arrive at an indication of fair value. The Company believes the market approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value using multiples from companies with operations and economic characteristics similar to its reporting units. The Company has weighted the results of the income approach and the results of the market approach at 60% and 40%, respectively. The income approach was given a higher weight because it has a more direct correlation to the specific economics of the reporting units than the market approach, which is based on multiples of companies that, although comparable, may not have the exact same mix of products and may not have the exact same systemic or non-systemic risk factors as the Company’s reporting units. The Company’s methodologies used for valuing the invested capital of its reporting units during fiscal 2012 have not changed as compared to fiscal years 2011 and 2010.

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If the fair value of the reporting unit is determined to be less than the carrying value, the Company performs the required step-two analysis in order to determine the implied fair value of each reporting unit’s goodwill and determine the amount of the impairment of goodwill. Determining the implied fair value of goodwill requires valuation of a reporting unit’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities in a manner similar to the allocation of purchase price in a business combination. For purposes of determining the implied fair value of goodwill, the income tax basis of a reporting unit’s assets and liabilities implicit in the tax structure is assumed in the estimation of fair value of the reporting unit in step-one.

For fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, the material assumptions used for the income approach were 10 years of projected net cash flows, a discount rate of 19% (2012), 16.5% (2011) and 16.0% (2010) and a long-term growth rate of 4% for the MPG reporting unit. The Company considered historical rates, current market conditions, its financial projections, and expectations for the long-term growth rate of the industry and inflation when determining the discount and growth rates used in its analysis.

For fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company performed its regularly scheduled annual impairment tests of its goodwill and concluded that goodwill was not impaired.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company will adopt FASB ASU No. 2011-08, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), Testing Goodwill for Impairment” (“ASU 2011-08”) which permits an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in Topic 350.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are recorded when such assets are acquired by purchase or license. The amounts and useful lives assigned to intangible assets acquired, other than goodwill, impact the amount and timing of amortization. Intangible assets consist primarily of technology licenses, customer relationships and acquired product technology resulting from business combinations. Technology licenses are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the estimated useful life of the technology or the term of the license agreement, ranging from approximately 6 to 15 years. Acquired product technology and customer relationships are also amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, ranging from 4 to 10 years.

The Company regularly reviews identified intangible assets to determine if facts and circumstances indicate that the useful life is shorter than the Company originally estimated or that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist, the Company assesses the recoverability of identified intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairments, if any, are based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets and occur in the period in which the impairment determination was made.

The value of acquired developed technology is determined by discounting forecasted cash flows directly related to the existing product technology, net of returns on contributory assets.

The value of acquired customer relationships is based on the benefit derived from the incremental revenue and related cash flows as a direct result of the customer relationship. These forecasted cash flows are discounted to present value using an appropriate discount rate.

The value of acquired in-process research and development is determined by estimating the costs to develop the purchased in-process research and development into a commercially viable product, estimating the resulting cash flows from the sale of the products resulting from the completion of the in-process research and development, and discounting the net cash flows using an appropriate discount rate, net of returns on contributory assets. For acquisitions prior to fiscal 2010, the acquired in-process research and development with no alternative future use was expensed at the acquisition date. For subsequent acquisitions, acquired in-process research and development with no alternative future use will be capitalized in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805.

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1. THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s net revenue is generated principally from sales of semiconductor products. The Company recognizes revenue from product sales when the fundamental criteria are met, such as the time at which the title and risk and rewards of product ownership are transferred to the customer, price and terms are fixed or determinable, no significant vendor obligation exists and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. Sales of products are generally made through either the Company’s sales force, manufacturers’ representatives or through a distribution network. Revenue from the majority of the Company’s semiconductor products is recognized upon shipment of the product to the customer from a Company-owned or third-party location. Some revenue is recognized upon receipt of the shipment by the customer. The Company has limited rebate programs offering price protection to certain distributors. These rebates represent less than 2% of net revenue and can be reasonably estimated based on specific criteria included in the rebate agreements and other known factors at the time. Reductions in revenue are recorded during the period in which the revenue related to those rebate agreements is recognized.

The Company also recognizes a portion of its net revenue through other agreements such as non-recurring engineering fees and cost-plus contracts for research and development work, royalty income and license fees for its intellectual property and service revenue. These agreements are collectively less than 3% of consolidated revenue on an annual basis. Revenue from non-recurring engineering fees is recognized when the service is completed or upon certain milestones, as provided for in the agreements. Revenue from cost plus contracts is recognized on the percentage of completion method based on the costs incurred to date and the total contract amount, plus the contractual fee. Royalty income is recognized based on a percentage of sales of the relevant product reported by licensees during the period. The Company additionally licenses its rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights useful in the manufacture and sales of certain products. License fee revenue recognition is dependent on the terms of each license agreement, which typically include license fees in one or more installments. The Company will recognize license fee revenue (i) upon delivery of the intellectual property and (ii) if the Company has no substantive future obligation to perform under the arrangement. The Company will defer recognition of licensing fees where future performance obligations are required to earn the fee or the fees are not guaranteed. Revenue from services related to manufacturing is recognized during the period that the service is performed.

Accounts receivable are recorded for all revenue items listed above. The Company evaluates the collectability of accounts receivable based on a combination of factors. In cases where the Company is aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations subsequent to the original sale, the Company will record an allowance against amounts due, and thereby reduce the receivable to the amount the Company reasonably believes will be collected. For all other customers, the Company recognizes allowances for doubtful accounts based on the length of time the receivables are past due, industry and geographic concentrations, the current business environment and the Company’s historical experience.

The Company’s terms and conditions do not give its customers a right of return associated with the original sale of its products. However, the Company will authorize sales returns under certain circumstances, which include perceived quality problems, courtesy returns and like-kind exchanges. The Company evaluates its estimate of returns by analyzing all types of returns and the timing of such returns in relation to the original sale. Reserves are adjusted to reflect changes in the estimated returns versus the original sale of product.

Shipping and Handling Cost

The Company recognizes amounts billed to a customer in a sale transaction related to shipping and handling as revenue. The costs incurred by the Company for shipping and handling are classified as cost of goods sold.

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1. THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Research and Development

The Company charges all research and development costs to expense as incurred.

Advertising Costs

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. The Company recognized advertising expense of $0.3 million, $0.3 million, and $0.4 million for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for tax carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets to the extent the Company determines it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized.

A minimum recognition threshold is required to be met before the Company recognizes the benefit of an income tax position in its financial statements. The Company’s policy is to recognize accrued interest and penalties, if incurred, on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.

It is the Company’s policy to invest the earnings of foreign subsidiaries indefinitely outside the U.S. Accordingly, the Company does not provide an allowance for U.S. income taxes on unremitted foreign earnings.

Share-Based Compensation

Under FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation” (FASB ASC Topic 718), share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award using an option pricing model (Black-Scholes), and is recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite service period.

As of March 31, 2012, total remaining unearned compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock units and options was $30.0 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period of approximately 1.1 years.

Foreign Currency Translation

The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 830, “Foreign Currency Matters.” The functional currency for most of the Company’s international operations is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency for the remainder of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rates on the balance sheet dates. Revenues and expenses are translated using the average exchange rates throughout the year. Translation adjustments are shown separately as a component of “accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income” within “shareholders’ equity” in the consolidated balance sheets. Foreign currency transaction gains or losses (transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency) are reported in “other income (expense)” in the consolidated statements of income.

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1. THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs” (“ASU 2011-04”). For assets and liabilities categorized as Level 3 and recognized at fair value, ASU 2011-04 requires disclosure of quantitative information about unobservable inputs, a description of the valuation processes used by the entity, and a qualitative discussion about the sensitivity of the measurements. In addition, ASU 2011-04 requires that the Company disclose the level in the fair value hierarchy for financial instruments disclosed at fair value but not recorded at fair value. The Company adopted the new standard in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. Other than requiring additional disclosures, the adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not significantly impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05 “Presentation of Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2011-05”). ASU 2011-05 allows an entity to present the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The updated guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. While ASU 2011-05 changes the presentation of comprehensive income, there are no changes to the components that are recognized in net income or other comprehensive income under current accounting guidance. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12 “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05” (“ASU 2011-12”), which defers only those changes in ASU 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. The new guidance is effective on a retrospective basis for financial statements issued for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The adoption of ASU 2011-05 and the deferrals in ASU 2011-12 are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-08, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), Testing Goodwill for Impairment” (“ASU 2011-08”). ASU 2011-08 permits an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in Topic 350. The qualitative assessment is optional, allowing companies to go directly to the quantitative assessment. The amendments in this update are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The Company does not expect ASU 2011-08 to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures as the value of goodwill will not be affected by the adoption of this standard.

2. CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

The Company’s principal financial instrument subject to potential concentration of credit risk is accounts receivable, which is unsecured. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to estimated losses expected to be incurred in the collection of accounts receivable. The Company has adopted credit policies and standards intended to accommodate industry growth and inherent risk and it believes that credit risks are moderated by the financial stability of its major customers, conservative payment terms and the Company’s strict credit policies.

Revenue from significant customers, those representing 10% or more of total sales for the respective periods, is summarized as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Customer 1		14	%		39	%		55	%
Customer 2		22	%		N/A			N/A

The majority of the revenue from these customers was from the sale of the Company’s CPG products.

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2. CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK (continued)

Customers 1 and 2 collectively accounted for approximately 28% of the Company’s total accounts receivable balance as of March 31, 2012. Customer 1 accounted for approximately 37% and 47% of the Company’s total accounts receivable balance as of April 2, 2011 and April 3, 2010, respectively.

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Investments

The following is a summary of available-for-sale securities as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011 (in thousands):

	Available-for-Sale Securities
	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2012
U.S. government/agency securities	$	195,901	$	—	$	(39	)	$	195,862
Auction rate securities		2,150		—		—			2,150
Money market funds		21,314		—		—			21,314
	$	219,365	$	—	$	(39	)	$	219,326
April 2, 2011
U.S. government/agency securities	$	159,837	$	44	$	—		$	159,881
Auction rate securities		2,150		—		—			2,150
Money market funds		31,748		—		—			31,748
	$	193,735	$	44	$	—		$	193,779

The estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities was based on the prevailing market values on March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011. We determine the cost of an investment sold based on the specific identification method.

In fiscal year 2012 there were no gross realized gains or losses recognized on available-for-sale securities. In fiscal year 2011, the gross realized gains and losses recognized on available-for-sale securities were insignificant.

The available-for-sale investments that were in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months as of March 31, 2012 consisted of U.S. government/agency securities with gross unrealized losses of less than $0.1 million and an aggregate fair value of approximately $86.9 million. No available-for-sale investments were in a continuous unrealized loss position as of April 2, 2011. There were no available-for-sale investments in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or greater as of March 31, 2012 and as of April 2, 2011.

The amortized cost of investments in debt securities with contractual maturities is as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2012				April 2, 2011
	Cost		Estimated Fair Value		Cost		Estimated Fair Value
Due in less than one year	$	217,215	$	217,176	$	191,585	$	191,629
Due after ten years		2,150		2,150		2,150		2,150
Total investments in debt securities	$	219,365	$	219,326	$	193,735	$	193,779

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (continued)

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company measures the fair value of its marketable securities and trading securities, which are comprised of U.S. government/agency securities, ARS, and money market funds. Marketable securities are reported in cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and are recorded at fair value and the related unrealized gains and losses are included in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, a component of shareholders’ equity, net of tax.

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The fair value of the financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis was determined using the following levels of inputs as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011 (in thousands):

	Total		Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
March 31, 2012
U.S. government/agency securities	$	195,862	$	195,862	$	—	$	—
Auction rate securities		2,150		—		2,150		—
Money market funds		21,314		21,314		—		—
	$	219,326	$	217,176	$	2,150	$	—
April 2, 2011
U.S. government/agency securities	$	159,881	$	159,881	$	—	$	—
Auction rate securities		2,150		—		2,150		—
Money market funds		31,748		31,748		—		—
	$	193,779	$	191,629	$	2,150	$	—

ARS are debt instruments with interest rates that reset through periodic short-term auctions. The Company’s Level 2 ARS are valued at par based on quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active.

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

The Company’s non-financial assets, such as intangible assets and property and equipment are measured at fair value when there is an indicator of impairment and recorded at fair value only when an impairment charge is recognized. The Company did not have any material non-financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value during fiscal years 2012 and 2011. The market valuation approach uses prices and other relevant information generated primarily by recent market transactions involving similar or comparable assets, as well as the Company’s historical experience.

Financial Instruments Not Recorded at Fair Value

For financial instruments that are not recorded at fair value (such as the Company’s convertible subordinated notes), the Company discloses the fair value in its Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The fair values of the Company’s convertible subordinated notes are measured using a Level 1 valuation technique, which are obtained from the Private Offerings, Resale and Trading through Automated Linkages (“PORTAL”) Market. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the fair value disclosure of the Company’s convertible subordinated notes.

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4. INVENTORIES

The components of inventories, net of reserves, are as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011
Raw materials	$	34,426	$	35,851
Work in process		49,476		53,219
Finished goods		46,470		60,743
Total inventories	$	130,372	$	149,813

5. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company’s goodwill balance was $95.6 million ($715.2 million gross goodwill less $619.6 million accumulated impairment losses) as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011. Goodwill is allocated to the reporting units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combinations generating the underlying goodwill. As of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, the Company’s goodwill balance of $95.6 million was allocated to its MPG reporting unit. The Company conducts its annual goodwill impairment test on the first day of the fourth quarter in each fiscal year at its reporting unit level (CPG, MPG and CSG) and based on the Company’s fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011 annual impairment reviews of goodwill, no impairment was indicated, as the estimated fair value of MPG exceeded its carrying value. The Company’s methodologies used for valuing goodwill during fiscal 2012 have not changed from fiscal 2011 or fiscal 2010.

As of March 31, 2012, approximately $4.6 million of net goodwill related to the 2008 acquisition of Sirenza is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes in future periods.

The following summarizes certain information regarding gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles (in thousands):

	March 31, 2012				April 2, 2011
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Intangible Assets:
Technology licenses	$	10,346	$	9,567	$	10,596	$	9,067
Customer relationships		45,703		17,170		43,100		10,287
Acquired product technology		82,963		47,134		85,566		36,223
Total	$	139,012	$	73,871	$	139,262	$	55,577

Intangible asset amortization expense was $18.4 million, $18.5 million and $19.0 million in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The following table provides the Company’s estimated future amortization expense based on current amortization periods for the periods indicated (in thousands):

Fiscal Year Ending	Estimated Amortization Expense
2013	$	18,270
2014		17,942
2015		13,236
2016		4,280
2017		4,280

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6. DEBT

Debt at March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2012		April 2, 2011
Convertible subordinated notes due 2012, net of discount	$	26,411	$	58,317
Convertible subordinated notes due 2014, net of discount		118,949		111,992
Bank loan		6,348		7,034
Equipment term loan, net of discount		—		3,852
Total debt		151,708		181,195
Less current portion		32,759		3,852
Total long-term debt	$	118,949	$	177,343

Aggregate debt maturities as of March 31, 2012, are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Years
2013	$	32,759
2014		—
2015		118,949
2016		—
2017		—
2018 and thereafter		—
Total	$	151,708

Convertible Debt

In April 2007, the Company issued $200 million aggregate principal amount of 0.75% convertible subordinated notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) and $175 million aggregate principal amount of 1.00% convertible subordinated notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were issued in a private placement to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for resale to qualified institutional buyers. Offering expenses in connection with the issuance of the Notes, including discounts and commissions, were approximately $8.8 million, which are being amortized as interest expense over the terms of the Notes based on the effective interest method.

Interest on both series of the Notes is payable in cash semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The 2012 Notes mature on April 15, 2012, and the 2014 Notes mature on April 15, 2014. The Company’s 2012 Notes are reflected in “current portion of long-term debt” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Notes are subordinated unsecured obligations of the Company and rank junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future senior debt. The Notes effectively are subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries.

Holders may convert either series of the Notes based on the applicable conversion rate, which is currently 124.2969 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes (which is equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $8.05 per share), subject to adjustment, only under the following circumstances: (i) during any calendar quarter after June 30, 2007, if, as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, the closing price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on the last trading day of such preceding calendar quarter is more than 120% of the applicable conversion rate per share; (ii) if during any five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each day of that period is less than 98% of the product of the closing price of the Company’s common stock for each day in the period and the applicable conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of notes; (iii) if certain specified distributions to all holders of the Company’s common stock occur; (iv) if a fundamental change occurs; or (v) at any time during the 30-day period immediately preceding the final maturity date of the applicable notes. Upon conversion, in lieu of shares of the Company’s common stock, for each $1,000 principal amount of notes, a holder will receive an amount in cash equal to the

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lesser of (i) $1,000 or (ii) the conversion value, as determined under the applicable indentures governing the notes. If the conversion value exceeds $1,000, the Company also will deliver, at its election, cash or common stock or a combination of cash and common stock equivalent to the amount of the conversion value in excess of $1,000. The maximum number of shares issuable upon conversion of the 2012 Notes and 2014 Notes as of March 31, 2012 is approximately 15.6 million shares (excluding an aggregate of $213.6 million principal amount of the 2012 Notes and 2014 Notes that were previously purchased and retired by the Company), which may be adjusted as a result of stock splits, stock dividends and antidilution provisions.

Holders of the Notes who convert their notes in connection with a fundamental change, as defined in the indentures, may be entitled to a make whole premium in the form of an increase in the conversion rate applicable to their notes. In addition, in the event of a fundamental change, holders of the notes may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their notes, subject to specified exceptions, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but not including, the fundamental change purchase date.

During fiscal 2012, the Company purchased and retired $35.8 million aggregate principal amount of its 2012 Notes for an average price of $103.27, which resulted in a loss of approximately $0.9 million. During fiscal 2011, the Company purchased and retired $135.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 2012 Notes for an average price of $99.32, which resulted in a loss of approximately $2.4 million. During fiscal 2010, the Company purchased and retired $2.3 million aggregate principal amount of the 2012 Notes at an average price of $78.56, which resulted in a gain of approximately $0.3 million. The 2012 Notes became due on April 15, 2012, and the remaining principal balance of $26.4 million plus interest of $0.1 million was paid with cash on hand.

During fiscal 2010, the Company purchased and retired $7.8 million aggregate principal amount of its 2014 Notes at an average price of $61.55, which resulted in a gain of approximately $1.6 million.

As of March 31, 2012, the 2012 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $26.5 million, compared to a carrying value of $26.4 million. As of April 2, 2011, the 2012 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $66.1 million, compared to a carrying value of $58.3 million.

As of March 31, 2012, the 2014 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $134.9 million, compared to a carrying value of $118.9 million. As of April 2, 2011, the 2014 Notes had a fair value on the PORTAL Market of $145.0 million, compared to a carrying value of $112.0 million.

The following tables provide additional information about the Notes, which are subject to FASB ASC Topic 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options” (FASB ASC Topic 470-20) (in thousands):

	2012 Notes						2014 Notes
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Carrying amount of the equity component (additional paid-in capital)	$	19,954		$	21,731		$	34,492		$	34,492
Principal amount of the convertible subordinated notes		26,480			62,248			134,901			134,901
Unamortized discount of the liability component		(69	)		(3,931	)		(15,952	)		(22,909	)
Net carrying amount of liability component	$	26,411		$	58,317		$	118,949		$	111,992

	2012 Notes									2014 Notes
	2012			2011			2010			2012			2011			2010
Effective interest rate on liability component		7.3	%		7.3	%		7.3	%		7.2	%		7.2	%		7.2	%
Cash interest expense recognized	$	285		$	940		$	1,507		$	1,342		$	1,345		$	1,378
Non-cash interest expense recognized (discount amortization)	$	2,372		$	7,282		$	10,901		$	6,958		$	6,493		$	6,184

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As of March 31, 2012, the remaining period over which the unamortized discount will be amortized for the 2012 Notes and 2014 Notes is less than 1 month and 2 years, respectively. As of March 31, 2012, the if-converted value of the Notes did not exceed the principal amount of either the 2012 Notes or the 2014 Notes.

In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 470-20, the Company records gains and losses on the early retirement of its 2012 Notes and its 2014 Notes in the period of derecognition, depending on whether the fair market value at the time of derecognition was greater than, or less than, the carrying value of the debt.

During fiscal 2004, the Company completed the private placement of $230.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% convertible subordinated notes due 2010 (the “2010 Notes”). During fiscal years 2009 and 2010, the Company purchased and retired $23.0 million and $197.0 million, respectively, of the original principal amount of the 2010 Notes. In fiscal 2011, the remaining $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2010 Notes matured and was repaid.

No Net Cost Credit Line

In November 2008, the Company entered into an agreement with the securities firm that held the Company’s Level 3 auction rate securities (“ARS”) under which the securities firm gave the Company the right to sell its outstanding Level 3 ARS to the securities firm at par value (i.e., the face amount), plus accrued but unpaid dividends or interest, at any time during the period from June 30, 2010 through July 2, 2012. As part of the agreement, the Company executed on a “no net cost” credit line option (Credit Line Agreement), which means that the interest that the Company owed on the credit line obligation would not exceed the interest that the Company receives on its Level 3 ARS, which were pledged as first priority collateral for this loan. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Line Agreement, the Company borrowed up to 75% of the market value of its outstanding Level 3 ARS. In fiscal 2011, the Company executed on its right to sell its outstanding Level 3 ARS to the securities firm at par value (i.e., the face amount), plus accrued but unpaid dividends or interest. The “no net cost” loan was repaid in fiscal 2011 with a portion of the proceeds from the sale.

Other Debt

During fiscal 2008, the Company entered into a loan denominated in Renminbi with a bank in Beijing, China. As of March 31, 2012, the remaining balance of the loan was equivalent to approximately $6.3 million (with the amount fluctuating based on currency rates) and was reflected in “current portion of long-term debt” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. In April 2012, this loan was repaid at maturity with cash on hand. The proceeds were used for the expansion of the Company’s internal assembly facility. Interest was calculated at 95% of the People’s Bank of China benchmark interest rate at the end of each month and was payable on the twentieth day of the last month of each quarter (the People’s Bank of China benchmark interest rate for a three- to five-year loan was 6.9% effective as of July 7, 2011, which was the most recent published rate available as of March 31, 2012). The Company received a cash incentive from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Industrial Development in support of the expansion of its China facility, which offset the amount of monthly interest expense for the first two years of the loan.

During fiscal 2007, the Company entered into a $25.0 million asset-based financing equipment term loan. In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the equipment term loan became due and the remaining balance of $3.9 million was paid with cash on hand.

7. RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

U.S. Defined Contribution Plan

Each U.S. employee is eligible to participate in the Company’s fully qualified 401(k) plan immediately upon hire. An employee may invest pretax earnings in the 401(k) plan up to the maximum legal limits (as defined by Federal regulations).

Employer contributions to the plan are made at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. An employee is fully vested in the employer contribution portion of the plan after completion of two continuous years of service. The Company

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contributed $4.0 million, $3.8 million and $0.9 million to the plan during fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company decreased contributions to the 401(k) plan in fiscal 2010 due to the adverse macroeconomic business environment. On January 1, 2010, as a result of the Company’s improved financial performance, the Company resumed and increased its potential maximum contributions to the 401(k) plan.

Germany Defined Benefit Pension Plan

The Company maintains a qualified defined benefit pension plan for its subsidiary located in Germany. The plan is unfunded with a benefit obligation of approximately $4.1 million and $3.3 million as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, respectively, which is included in “accrued liabilities” and “other long-term liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet. The assumptions used in calculating the benefit obligation for the plan are dependent on the local economic conditions and were measured as of March 31, 2012, and April 2, 2011. The net periodic benefit costs were approximately $0.3 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

European Defined Contribution Plans

Employees of the Company’s Denmark, France and U.K. subsidiaries are eligible to participate in a stakeholder pension plan immediately upon hire or after three months of service. Employees of our Finland subsidiary are eligible to participate in a government mandated pension plan immediately upon hire. An employee may invest their earnings in their respective pension plans and receive a tax benefit based upon the pension plan. The Company contributed $1.0 million, $0.8 million and $1.0 million to these pension plans during fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Asian Defined Contribution Plans

Employees of the Company’s subsidiaries located in Taiwan, Korea and Japan are eligible to participate in a national pension plan immediately upon hire. An employee may invest their earnings in their respective national pension plans and receive a tax benefit based upon the national pension plan. Employer contributions to the plan are at the discretion of their local government regulators. The Company contributed $0.1 million to these defined contribution plans for each of the last three fiscal years.

8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The Company leases certain equipment and computer hardware and software under non-cancelable lease agreements that are accounted for as capital leases. Interest rates on capital leases ranged from 6.0% to 6.4% as of March 31, 2012. Equipment under capital lease arrangements is included in property and equipment and has a cost of $0.3 million and $0.4 million as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, respectively.

The Company leases the majority of its corporate, wafer fabrication and other facilities from several third-party real estate developers. The remaining terms of these operating leases range from less than 1 year to 11 years. Several have renewal options of up to two 10-year periods and several also include standard inflation escalation terms. Several also include rent escalation, rent holidays, and leasehold improvement incentives which are recognized to expense on a straight-line basis. The amortization period of leasehold improvements made either at the inception of the lease or during the lease term is amortized over the lesser of the remaining life of the lease term (including renewals that are reasonably assured) or the useful life of the asset. The Company also leases various machinery and equipment and office equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. The remaining terms of these operating leases range from less than one year to approximately three years. As of March 31, 2012, the total future minimum lease payments were approximately $31.3 million related to facility operating leases and approximately $0.2 million related to equipment operating leases.

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Minimum future lease payments under non-cancelable capital and operating leases as of March 31, 2012, are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Years	Capital		Operating
2013	$	73	$	9,633
2014		73		7,198
2015		73		4,524
2016		18		3,793
2017		—		2,024
Thereafter		—		4,400
Total minimum payment	$	237	$	31,572
Less amounts representing interest		23
Present value of minimum lease payments		214
Less current portion		61
Obligations under capital leases, less current portion	$	153

Rent expense under operating leases, including facilities and equipment, was approximately $7.4 million, $9.7 million, and $8.7 million for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. See Note 9 for information related to the lower rent expense in fiscal 2012.

Legal Matters

The Company accrues a liability for legal contingencies when it believes that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and that it can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss. The Company reviews these accruals and adjusts them to reflect ongoing negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other relevant information. To the extent new information is obtained and the Company’s views on the probable outcomes of claims, suits, assessments, investigations or legal proceedings change, changes in the Company’s accrued liabilities would be recorded in the period in which such determination is made. For the matter referenced below, the amount of liability is not probable or the amount cannot be reasonably estimated; and, therefore, accruals have not been made.

On February 14, 2012, Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (“Peregrine”) filed an action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company, alleging infringement of five Peregrine U.S. patents. On April 13, 2012, Peregrine filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of this Central District of California action without prejudice. On February 14, 2012, Peregrine filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) naming the Company as a proposed respondent and seeking institution of an investigation into alleged patent infringement in import trade with respect to the Peregrine patents. On April 13, 2012, Peregrine filed another action against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, asserting infringement of the Peregrine patents. On April 16, 2012, the Company filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against Peregrine in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, requesting a declaratory judgment that the Company has not infringed the Peregrine patents, and that the Peregrine patents are invalid. To date, none of the above-actions have progressed substantively, no discovery has been taken, and no formal monetary demands have been made. The Company intends to vigorously defend its position that it has not infringed any valid claim of the Peregrine patents in each of the above-referenced legal proceedings.

9. RESTRUCTURING

Restructuring resulting from adverse macroeconomic business environment

In fiscal 2009, the Company initiated a restructuring to reduce manufacturing capacity and costs and operating expenses due primarily to lower demand for its products resulting from the global economic slowdown. The restructuring decreased the Company’s workforce and resulted in the impairment of certain property and equipment, among other charges. The Company recorded restructuring charges in “other operating (income) expense” of approximately $(1.4) million, $0.7 million and $2.8

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million in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, related to one-time employee termination benefits, impaired assets (including property, plant and equipment), and lease and other contract termination costs. The current and long-term restructuring obligations (relating primarily to lease obligations) totaling $5.7 million and $8.5 million as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, respectively, are included in “accrued liabilities” and “other long-term liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheets. During fiscal 2012, the restructuring obligation and related rent expense was reduced by $1.7 million as a result of the Company utilizing one of the facilities previously exited due to a change in manufacturing operations. The remaining activity related to these obligations is primarily due to payments associated with our exited leased facilities made during 2012. As of March 31, 2012, the restructuring associated with the adverse macroeconomic business environment is substantially complete. The Company expects to record approximately $2.5 million of additional restructuring charges primarily associated with ongoing expenses related to exited leased facilities.

Fiscal 2009 restructuring to reduce or eliminate investments in wireless systems

In fiscal 2009, the Company initiated a restructuring to reduce or eliminate its investment in wireless systems, including cellular transceivers and GPS solutions, in order to focus on RF component opportunities. Additionally, the Company consolidated its production test facilities in an effort to reduce cycle time, better serve its customer base and improve its overall profitability. The Company recorded restructuring charges in “other operating (income) expense” of less than $0.1 million in both fiscal years 2012 and 2011 and $1.0 million in fiscal 2010, related to one-time employee termination benefits, impaired assets (including property, plant and equipment) and lease and other contract termination costs. The current and long-term restructuring obligations (relating primarily to lease obligations) totaling $0.8 million and $1.1 million as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, respectively, are included in “accrued liabilities” and “other long-term liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheets. The activity related to these obligations is primarily due to payments associated with our exited leased facilities made during 2012. As of March 31, 2012, the restructuring to reduce or eliminate the Company’s investment in wireless systems is substantially complete and the Company doesn’t expect to record additional restructuring charges.

10. INCOME TAXES

Income before income taxes consists of the following components (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011		2010
United States	$	(45,031	)	$	23,955	$	28,572
Foreign		60,659			99,550		56,262
Total	$	15,628		$	123,505	$	84,834

The components of the income tax (provision) benefit are as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Current (expense) benefit:
Federal	$	1,106		$	1,442		$	2,125
State		73			(568	)		(676	)
Foreign		(11,667	)		(21,454	)		(17,690	)
		(10,488	)		(20,580	)		(16,241	)
Deferred (expense) benefit:
Federal		(615	)		(576	)		(1,344	)
State		—			(54	)		(72	)
Foreign		(3,668	)		22,263			3,842
		(4,283	)		21,633			2,426
Total	$	(14,771	)	$	1,053		$	(13,815	)

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10. INCOME TAXES (continued)

A reconciliation of the (provision for) or benefit from income taxes to income tax (expense) or benefit computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax income for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012						2011						2010
	Amount			Percentage			Amount			Percentage			Amount			Percentage
Income tax expense at statutory federal rate	$	(5,470	)		35.00	%	$	(43,227	)		35.00	%	$	(29,692	)		35.00	%
Decrease (increase) resulting from:
State benefit (provision), net of federal (provision) benefit		849			(5.43	)		(947	)		0.77			1,885			(2.22	)
Research and development credits		3,422			(21.90	)		1,594			(1.29	)		5,861			(6.91	)
Effect of changes in income tax rate applied to net deferred tax assets		(1,568	)		10.04			(804	)		0.65			—			—
Foreign tax rate difference		7,486			(47.90	)		8,198			(6.64	)		8,492			(10.01	)
Change in valuation allowance		(20,408	)		130.58			39,295			(31.82	)		2,355			(2.78	)
Repurchase of convertible subordinated notes		622			(3.98	)		3,353			(2.71	)		—			—
Adjustments to net deferred tax assets		597			(3.82	)		(3,048	)		2.47			—			—
Settlement China APA and NC Audit		—			—			—			—			(3,084	)		3.63
Carryback of NOL		—			—			—			—			1,909			(2.25	)
Tax reserve adjustments		2,084			(13.33	)		—			—			—			—
Deemed Dividend		(2,107	)		13.48			—			—			—			—
Other income tax benefit (expense)		(278	)		1.78			(3,361	)		2.72			(1,541	)		1.82
	$	(14,771	)		94.52	%	$	1,053			(0.85	)%	$	(13,815	)		16.28	%

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the basis used for income tax purposes. The deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

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Significant components of the Company’s net deferred income taxes are as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011
Deferred income tax assets:
Inventory reserve	$	8,421		$	7,918
Basis in stock and other investments		5,539			6,158
Equity compensation		17,551			19,586
Accumulated depreciation/basis difference		39,876			38,465
Net operating loss carry-forwards		49,228			46,690
Research and other credits		54,217			48,204
Other deferred assets		10,658			12,560
Other comprehensive income		115			—
Total deferred income tax assets		185,605			179,581
Valuation allowance		(112,709	)		(92,272	)
Net deferred income tax asset	$	72,896		$	87,309
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Amortization and purchase accounting basis difference	$	(23,740	)	$	(30,300	)
Convertible debt discount		(5,619	)		(9,393	)
Deferred gain		(6,328	)		(6,341	)
Other deferred liabilities		(1,193	)		(1,354	)
Other comprehensive income		—			(173	)
Total deferred income tax liabilities		(36,880	)		(47,561	)
Net deferred income tax asset	$	36,016		$	39,748
Amounts included in consolidated balance sheets:
Current assets	$	11,295		$	19,255
Current liabilities		—			—
Non-current assets		27,941			31,516
Non-current liabilities		(3,220	)		(11,023	)
Net deferred income tax asset	$	36,016		$	39,748

At March 31, 2012, the Company has recorded a $112.7 million valuation allowance against the U.S. net deferred tax asset. This valuation allowance was established based upon management’s opinion that it is more likely than not that the benefit of these deferred tax assets may not be realized. Realization is dependent upon generating future income in the taxing jurisdictions in which the operating loss carryovers, credit carryovers, depreciable tax basis and other tax deferred assets exist. It is management’s intent to evaluate the realizability of these deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis.

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As of the beginning of fiscal 2011, there was a $132.1 million valuation allowance which arose mainly from uncertainty related to the realizability of U.S. net deferred tax assets due to operating losses and impairment charges incurred in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 that resulted in the U.S. moving into a cumulative pre-tax loss for the most recent three-year period, U.K. net deferred tax assets acquired in connection with the Filtronic acquisition, and Shanghai, China net deferred tax assets acquired in connection with the Sirenza acquisition. The $39.8 million decrease in the valuation allowance during fiscal 2011 was comprised of a $22.8 million release of the U.K. valuation allowance related to the remaining deferred tax assets as of the end of fiscal 2011 and $17.0 million for other decreases related to changes in domestic and foreign deferred tax assets during fiscal 2011.

During fiscal 2011, all of the U.K. valuation allowance was released. The positive evidence of income being generated in the U.K. in each of the last several quarters, the scheduled completion during fiscal 2012 of the implementation of production technology to allow the U.K. facility to produce power amplifiers (PAs) in addition to switches, and future projections of continued profitability overcame any remaining negative evidence.

The $20.4 million increase in the valuation allowance during fiscal 2012 was comprised of a $1.8 million release of the Shanghai, China valuation allowance upon completing the liquidation of that legal entity and $22.2 million for other increases related to changes in domestic deferred tax assets during fiscal 2012.

As of the end of fiscal 2012, a valuation allowance remained against the deferred tax assets in the U.S. as the negative evidence of cumulative pre-tax losses for the most recent three-year period in that jurisdiction was not overcome by available positive evidence. However, because of favorable operating results over the last two years, management believes a reasonable possibility exists that within the next year sufficient positive evidence may become available to reach a conclusion that a substantial portion of the remaining valuation allowance related to the U.S. deferred tax assets could be released within the next twelve months.

As of March 31, 2012, the Company had federal loss carryovers of approximately $102.5 million that expire in years 2019-2032 if unused, state losses of approximately $95.1 million that expire in years 2012-2028 if unused, and U.K. loss carryovers of approximately $32.9 million that carry forward indefinitely. Federal research credits of $47.4 million, federal foreign tax credits of $3.2 million, and state credits of $28.8 million may expire in years 2012-2032, 2017-2022, and 2012-2024, respectively. Federal alternative minimum tax credits of $1.5 million will carry forward indefinitely. Included in the amounts above are certain net operating losses (NOLs) and other tax attribute assets acquired in conjunction with the Filtronic, Sirenza and Silicon Wave acquisitions. The utilization of acquired domestic assets is subject to certain annual limitations as required under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and similar state income tax provisions. The acquired U.K. loss carryovers are potentially subject to limitation under the U.K. anti-avoidance provisions if there is a “major change” in the nature or conduct of the trade or business of Filtronic within three years of its change in ownership. In the opinion of management, there has not been a “major change” in the nature or conduct of the U.K. business that would subject these U.K.-acquired tax loss carryforwards to limitation under the U.K. anti-avoidance provisions.

The Company has continued to expand its operations and increase its investments in numerous international jurisdictions. These activities expose the Company to taxation in multiple foreign jurisdictions. It is management’s opinion that current and future undistributed foreign earnings will be permanently reinvested. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state income taxes has been made thereon. It is not practical to estimate the additional tax that would be incurred, if any, if the permanently reinvested earnings were repatriated. At March 31, 2012, the Company has not provided U.S. deferred taxes on approximately $193.8 million of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that have been reinvested outside the U.S. indefinitely.

A subsidiary in a foreign jurisdiction has been granted an exemption from income taxes for a two-year period followed by a three-year period at one-half the normal tax rate. Income tax expense was reduced in fiscal 2012 by $0.1 million (less than $.001 per basic or diluted share) and in fiscal 2011 by $0.5 million (less than $.002 per basic or diluted share) as a result of this agreement. This agreement will expire in fiscal 2014.

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10. INCOME TAXES (continued)

The Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits totaled $31.7 million as of March 31, 2012, $32.9 million as of April 2, 2011, and $31.8 million as of April 3, 2010. Of these amounts, $24.4 million (net of federal benefit of state taxes), $24.4 million (net of federal benefit of state taxes), and $21.1 million (net of federal benefit of state taxes), respectively, represent the amounts of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate in each of the fiscal years. A reconciliation of the fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2012 beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Beginning balance	$	32,941		$	31,806		$	29,506
Additions based on positions related to current year		1,067			3,258			4,028
Additions for tax positions in prior years		450			—			1,544
Reductions for tax positions in prior years		(2,699	)		(1,534	)		(1,890	)
Expiration of Statute of Limitations		(32	)		(589	)		(785	)
Settlements		—			—			(597	)
Ending Balance	$	31,727		$	32,941		$	31,806

It is the Company’s policy to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. During fiscal years 2012, 2011, and 2010, the Company recognized $0.6 million, ($0.2) million, and ($0.4) million, respectively, of interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits totaled less than $0.6 million, less than $0.1 million, and $0.3 million as of March 31, 2012, April 2, 2011, and April 3, 2010, respectively.

Within the next 12 months, the Company believes it is reasonably possible that $0.5 million to $1.0 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits may be reduced as a result of reductions for temporary tax positions taken in prior years.

Returns for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 have been examined by the U.S. federal taxing authorities and subsequent tax years remain open for examination. North Carolina returns for fiscal years 2006 through 2008 have been examined by the tax authorities and subsequent tax years remain open for examination. Returns for calendar years 2005 through 2007 have been examined by the German taxing authorities and subsequent tax years remain open for examination. Other material jurisdictions that are subject to examination by tax authorities are California (fiscal 2008 through present), the U.K. (fiscal 2008 through present), and China (calendar year 2001 through present). Tax attributes (including net operating loss and credit carryovers) arising in earlier fiscal years remain open to adjustment.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

11. NET INCOME PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands, except per share data):

	For Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Numerator:
Numerator for basic and diluted net income per share – net income available to common shareholders	$	857	$	124,558	$	71,019
Effect of dilutive securities:
Income impact of assumed conversions for interest on 2010 Notes		—		27		1,524
Numerator for diluted net income per share— net income plus assumed conversion of 2010 Notes	$	857	$	124,585	$	72,543
Denominator:
Denominator for basic net income per share – weighted average shares		276,289		272,575		267,349
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options		6,287		7,504		4,834
Assumed conversion of 2010 Notes		—		315		17,246
Denominator for diluted net income per share – adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions		282,576		280,394		289,429
Basic net income per share	$	0.00	$	0.46	$	0.27
Diluted net income per share	$	0.00	$	0.44	$	0.25

In the computation of diluted net income per share for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, 6.3 million shares, 9.0 million shares and 17.9 million shares, respectively, were excluded because the exercise price of the options was greater than the average market price of the underlying common stock and the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

On July 1, 2010, the Company repaid the $10.0 million outstanding principal balance plus accrued interest on the Company’s 2010 Notes and the conversion option of these notes expired unexercised. As a result, the computation of diluted net income per share for fiscal 2011 includes the effect of the shares that could have been issued upon conversion of the remaining $10.0 million balance of the Company’s 2010 Notes prior to their maturity on July 1, 2010 (a total of approximately 0.3 million shares).

The computation of diluted net income per share for fiscal 2010 assumed the conversion of the Company’s 2010 Notes.

The computation of diluted net income per share does not assume the conversion of the Company’s $200 million initial aggregate principal amount of 0.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) or the Company’s $175 million initial aggregate principal amount of 1.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”). The 2012 Notes and 2014 Notes generally would become dilutive to earnings if the average market price of the Company’s common stock exceeds approximately $8.05 per share (see Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the 2012 Notes and 2014 Notes).

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12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Summary of Stock Option Plans

1997 Key Employees’ Stock Option Plan

In April 1997, the Company and its shareholders adopted the 1997 Key Employees’ Stock Option Plan (the 1997 Option Plan), which provides for the granting of options to purchase common stock to key employees and independent contractors in the service of the Company. The 1997 Option Plan permits the granting of both incentive options and nonqualified options. The aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to options granted under the 1997 Option Plan may not exceed 10.4 million shares, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events affecting the Company’s capitalization. No further awards can be granted under this plan.

Directors’ Option Plan

In April 1997, the Company and its shareholders adopted the Non-employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan. Under the terms of this plan, directors who are not employees of the Company are entitled to receive options to acquire shares of common stock. An aggregate of 1.6 million shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under this plan, subject to adjustment for certain events affecting the Company’s capitalization. No further awards can be granted under this plan.

1999 Stock Incentive Plan

The 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the 1999 Stock Plan), which the Company’s shareholders approved at the 1999 annual meeting of shareholders, provides for the issuance of a maximum of 16.0 million shares of common stock pursuant to awards granted thereunder. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the plan pursuant to grant of restricted awards shall not exceed 2.0 million shares. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 1999 Stock Plan and the terms of awards may be adjusted upon certain events affecting the Company’s capitalization. No further awards can be granted under this plan.

Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Plan

In connection with the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with and into Sirenza and the subsequent merger of Sirenza with and into the Company, the Company assumed the Sirenza Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Plan. This plan provides for the grant of awards to acquire common stock to employees, non-employee directors and consultants. This plan permits the grant of incentive and nonqualified options, restricted awards and performance share awards. No further awards can be granted under this plan.

2003 Stock Incentive Plan

The Company currently grants stock options and restricted stock units to employees and restricted stock units to directors under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the 2003 Plan). The Company’s shareholders approved the 2003 Plan on July 22, 2003, and, effective upon that approval, new stock option and other share-based awards for employees may be granted only under the 2003 Plan. The Company is also permitted to grant other types of equity incentive awards, under the 2003 Plan, such as stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, performance shares and performance units. On May 4, 2011, the Company granted performance-based restricted stock units that were awarded on May 2, 2012, after it was determined that certain performance objectives had been met. The aggregate number of shares subject to performance-based restricted stock units awarded for fiscal 2012 under the 2003 Plan was 1.4 million shares. On May 5, 2010, the Company granted performance-based restricted stock units that were awarded on May 4, 2011, after it was determined that certain performance objectives had been met. The aggregate number of shares subject to performance-based restricted stock units awarded for fiscal 2011 under the 2003 Plan was 1.7 million shares. On May 6, 2009, the Company granted performance-based restricted stock units that were awarded on May 5, 2010, after it was determined that certain performance objectives had been met. The aggregate number of shares subject to performance-based restricted stock units awarded for fiscal 2010 under the 2003 Plan was 2.5 million shares. In the past, the Company had various employee stock and incentive plans identified above under which stock options and other share-based awards were granted. Stock options and other share-based awards that were granted under prior plans and were outstanding on July 22, 2003 continued in accordance with the terms of the respective plans.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (continued)

The maximum number of shares issuable under the 2003 Plan may not exceed the sum of (a) 30.3 million shares, plus (b) any shares of common stock (i) remaining available for issuance as of the effective date of the 2003 Plan under the Company’s prior plans and (ii) subject to an award granted under a prior plan, which awards are forfeited, canceled, terminated, expire or lapse for any reason. As of March 31, 2012, 7.8 million shares were available for issuance under the 2003 Plan.

2006 Directors’ Stock Option Plan

At the Company’s 2006 annual meeting of shareholders, shareholders of the Company adopted the 2006 Directors’ Stock Option Plan, which replaced the Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan and reserved an additional 1.0 million shares of common stock for issuance to non-employee directors. Under the terms of this plan, directors who are not employees of the Company are entitled to receive options to acquire shares of common stock. An aggregate of 1.4 million shares of common stock has been reserved for issuance under this plan, including shares remaining available for issuance under the prior Non-employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan. As of March 31, 2012, 0.4 million shares were available for issuance under the 2006 Directors’ Stock Option Plan. No awards may be granted under the Directors’ Stock Option Plan after July 30, 2016.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In April 1997, the Company adopted its Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), which is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. All regular full-time employees of the Company (including officers) and all other employees who meet the eligibility requirements of the plan may participate in the ESPP. The ESPP provides eligible employees an opportunity to acquire the Company’s common stock at 85% of the lower of the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on the first or last day of each six-month purchase period. At March 31, 2012, 2.8 million shares were available for future issuance under this plan, subject to anti-dilution adjustments in the event of certain changes in the capital structure of the Company. The Company makes no cash contributions to the ESPP, but bears the expenses of its administration. The Company issued 0.8 million shares under the ESPP in fiscal 2012.

For fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, the primary share-based awards and their general terms and conditions are as follows:

Stock options are granted to employees with an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, generally vest over a four-year period from the grant date, and expire 10 years from the grant date. Restricted stock units granted by the Company in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 generally vest over a four-year period from the grant date. Under the 2006 Directors’ Stock Option Plan, stock options granted to non-employee directors (other than initial options, as described below) in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 had an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, vested immediately upon grant and expire 10 years from the grant date. Each non-employee director who is first elected or appointed to the Board of Directors will receive an initial option at an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, which vests over a two-year period from the grant date and expires 10 years from the grant date. At the director’s option, he may instead elect to receive all or part of the initial grant in restricted stock units. Thereafter, each non-employee director is eligible to receive an annual option or, if he so chooses, an annual grant of restricted stock units.

The options and time-vested restricted units granted to certain officers of the Company generally will, in the event of the officer’s termination other than for cause, continue to vest pursuant to the same vesting schedule as if the officer had remained an employee of the Company (unless the administrator of the 2003 Plan determines otherwise) and as a result, these options are expensed at grant date. In fiscal 2012, share-based compensation of $4.0 million was recognized upon the grant of 0.7 million options and restricted share units to certain officers of the Company.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (continued)

Share-Based Compensation

Under FASB ASC Topic 718, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award using an option pricing model, and is recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite service period. FASB ASC Topic 718 covers a wide range of share-based compensation arrangements including stock options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards, share appreciation rights and employee stock purchase plans.

Total pre-tax share-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statements of operations was $26.2 million for fiscal 2012, net of expense capitalized into inventory. For fiscal years 2011 and 2010, the total pre-tax share-based compensation expense recognized was $25.4 million and $25.6 million, respectively. For fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, less than $0.0 million, $0.1 million and $0.3 million of share-based compensation expense was capitalized into inventory, respectively.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2010 at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders, the Company’s shareholders approved a stock option exchange program for eligible Company employees, excluding the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer and the three next most highly compensated officers, members of its Board of Directors, consultants and former and retired employees. Under the exchange program, eligible employees were given the opportunity to exchange certain of their outstanding stock options previously granted to them that had an option price not less than the greater of $5.00 or the 52-week closing stock price high of the Company’s common stock as of July 10, 2009, for new options to be granted promptly after termination of the exchange program. The ratio of exchanged eligible options to new options was two-to-one, meaning that one new option share was issued in exchange for every two canceled option shares. As a result of the exchange program, approximately 1.8 million shares subject to old options were canceled (with exercise prices ranging from $5.19 to $63.63) on August 7, 2009, and approximately 0.9 million shares subject to new options were granted under the Company’s 2003 Plan on August 7, 2009, with the new options having an exercise price of $4.86 (the closing price of the Company’s common stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market on the trading date immediately preceding the date the new options were granted). The new options will vest and become exercisable over a two-year period, with 25% of each new option generally becoming exercisable after each six-month period of continued service following the grant date. As a result of the exchange program, the Company recognized $0.6 million of incremental compensation cost over the two-year vesting period.

A summary of activity of the Company’s director and employee stock option plans follows:

	Shares (in thousands)			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding as of April 2, 2011		14,102		$	6.40
Granted		368		$	6.12
Exercised		(1,539	)	$	4.83
Canceled		(720	)	$	14.49
Forfeited		(7	)	$	5.48
Outstanding as of March 31, 2012		12,204		$	6.13		3.26	$	1,700
Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2012		12,197		$	6.13		3.26	$	1,700
Options exercisable as of March 31, 2012		11,939		$	6.13		3.13	$	1,667

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based upon the Company’s closing stock price of $4.98 as of March 30, 2012, that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders with in-the-money options exercised their options as of that date.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (continued)

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the assumptions noted in the following tables:

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Expected volatility		57.2	%		48.3	%		64.1	%
Expected dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%
Expected term (in years)		5.4			5.4			2.9
Risk-free interest rate		1.4	%		1.8	%		1.7	%
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the period	$	3.19		$	1.87		$	1.98

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during fiscal 2012 was $2.6 million. For fiscal years 2011 and 2010, the total intrinsic value of options exercised was $5.6 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

Cash received from the exercise of stock options and from participation in the employee stock purchase plan was $11.3 million for fiscal 2012 and is reflected in cash flows from financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company settles employee stock options with newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Company used the implied volatility of market-traded options on the Company’s common stock for the expected volatility assumption input to the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, consistent with the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 718. The selection of implied volatility data to estimate expected volatility was based upon the availability of actively-traded options on the Company’s common stock and the Company’s assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future common stock price trends than historical volatility.

The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s history and expectation of future dividend payouts and may be subject to change in the future. The Company has never paid a dividend.

The expected life of employee stock options represents the weighted-average period that the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. The Company’s method of calculating the expected term of an option is based on the assumption that all outstanding options will be exercised at the midpoint of the current date and full contractual term, combined with the average life of all options that have been exercised or canceled. The Company believes that this method provides a better estimate of the future expected life based on analysis of historical exercise behavioral data.

The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the terms of the Company’s employee stock options.

FASB ASC Topic 718 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Based upon historical pre-vesting forfeiture experience, the Company assumed an annualized forfeiture rate of 1.5% for both stock options and restricted stock units.

The following activity has occurred under the Company’s existing restricted share plans:

	Shares (in thousands)			Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Balance at April 2, 2011		11,250		$	4.09
Granted		4,466			6.40
Vested		(5,702	)		4.21
Forfeited		(659	)		5.05
Balance at March 31, 2012		9,355		$	5.08

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

12. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (continued)

As of March 31, 2012, total remaining unearned compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock units was $29.6 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period of approximately 1.1 years.

The total fair value of restricted stock units that vested during fiscal 2012 was $35.8 million, based upon the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date. For fiscal years 2011 and 2010, the total fair value of restricted stock units that vested was $22.1 million and $13.4 million, respectively.

13. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Share Repurchase

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $200.0 million of its outstanding common stock, exclusive of related fees, commissions or other expenses, from time to time during a period commencing on January 28, 2011 and expiring on January 27, 2013. This share repurchase program authorizes the Company to repurchase shares through solicited or unsolicited transactions in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. During fiscal year 2012, the Company repurchased approximately 4.9 million shares at an average price of $6.18 on the open market. During fiscal year 2011, the Company repurchased approximately 1.7 million shares at an average price of $7.44 on the open market.

Common Stock Reserved For Future Issuance

At March 31, 2012, the Company had reserved a total of approximately 48.4 million of its authorized 500.0 million shares of common stock for future issuance as follows (in thousands):

Outstanding stock options under formal directors’ and employees’ stock option plans	12,204
Possible future issuance under Company stock option plans	8,515
Employee stock purchase plan	2,797
Restricted share-based units granted	9,355
Possible future issuance pursuant to convertible subordinated notes	15,573
Total shares reserved	48,444

14. OPERATING SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

The Company’s operating segments as of March 31, 2012 are its Cellular Products Group (CPG), Multi-Market Products Group (MPG) and Compound Semiconductor Group (CSG). During the third quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company re-evaluated its reportable segments under ASC 280, and based on new facts and circumstances, determined that CPG and MPG were separate reportable operating segments under ASC 280. CSG does not currently meet the quantitative threshold for an individually reportable segment under ASC 280-10-50-12.

CPG and MPG are separate reportable segments based on the organizational structure and information reviewed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who is the Company’s chief operating decision maker (or CODM), and are managed separately based on the end markets and applications they support. The CODM allocates resources and assesses the performance of each operating segment primarily based on non-GAAP operating income (loss) and non-GAAP operating income (loss) as a percentage of revenue.

CPG is a leading supplier of cellular RF components, such as PA modules and transmit modules, which perform various functions in the cellular front end section located between the transceiver and the antenna. CPG is also a supplier of switch-based content in the cellular front end section, including antenna switch modules, antenna control solutions, switch filter modules and switch duplexer modules, which are increasingly required in next-generation 3G and 4G devices. CPG supplies its broad portfolio of cellular RF components into mobile devices including handsets, netbooks, notebooks, tablets and USB modems.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

14. OPERATING SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (continued)

MPG is a global supplier of a broad array of RF components, such as PAs, low noise amplifiers, variable gain amplifiers, high power GaN transistors, attenuators, mixers, modulators, switches, voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), phase locked loop modules, circulators, isolators, multi-chip modules, front-end modules, and a range of military and space components (amplifiers, mixers, VCOs, power dividers and transformers). Major communications applications include mobile wireless infrastructure (2G, 3G and 4G), point-to-point and microwave radios, WiFi (infrastructure and mobile devices), and cable television wireline infrastructure. Industrial applications include Smart Energy/AMI, private mobile radio, and test and measurement equipment. Aerospace and defense applications include military communications, radar and electronic warfare, as well as space communications.

CSG is a new business group established to leverage RFMD’s compound semiconductor technologies and related expertise in RF and non-RF end markets and applications. CSG provides RFMD’s foundry services for both GaAs and GaN technologies.

The “All other” category includes operating expenses such as stock-based compensation, amortization of purchased intangible assets, net restructuring costs, and other miscellaneous corporate overhead expenses that the Company does not allocate to its reportable segments because these expenses are not included in the segment operating performance measures evaluated by the Company’s CODM. The Company has recast certain prior period amounts within this note to conform to the way it currently internally manages and monitors segment performance. The CODM does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information. The Company’s operating segments do not record inter-company revenue. The Company does not allocate gains and losses from equity investments, interest and other income, or taxes to operating segments. Except as discussed above regarding the “All other” category, the Company’s accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.

The following tables present details of the Company’s reportable segments and a reconciliation of the “All other” category (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Net revenue:
CPG	$	664,242		$	819,230		$	800,535
MPG		205,676			232,057			177,598
Other operating segment		1,434			469			260
Total net revenue	$	871,352		$	1,051,756		$	978,393
Income (loss) from operations:
CPG	$	61,159		$	156,352		$	162,166
MPG		10,711			33,493			(1,836	)
Other operating segment		(3,480	)		(3,273	)		(2,311	)
All other		(43,747	)		(47,053	)		(51,613	)
Income from operations		24,643			139,519			106,406
Interest expense		(10,997	)		(17,140	)		(23,997	)
Interest income		468			787			1,291
(Loss) gain on retirement of convertible subordinated notes		(908	)		(2,412	)		1,540
Other income (expense)		2,422			2,751			(406	)
Income before income taxes	$	15,628		$	123,505		$	84,834

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

14. OPERATING SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (continued)

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Reconciliation of “All other” category:
Share-based compensation expense	$	(26,174	)	$	(25,353	)	$	(25,632	)
Amortization of intangible assets		(18,390	)		(18,457	)		(19,020	)
Other income (expenses) (restructuring, (gain) loss on PP&E, start-up costs and other non-cash expenses)		817			(3,243	)		(6,961	)
Loss from operations for “All other”	$	(43,747	)	$	(47,053	)	$	(51,613	)

The consolidated financial statements include sales to customers by geographic region that are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Sales:
United States	$	246,661	$	156,746	$	151,673
International		624,691		895,010		826,720

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Sales:
United States		28	%		15	%		16	%
Asia		65			77			71
Europe		5			6			11
Central and South America		1			1			2
Other		1			1			—

The consolidated financial statements include the following long-lived asset amounts related to operations of the Company by geographic region (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Long-lived tangible assets:
United States	$	130,665	$	148,745	$	178,012
International		67,256		60,733		69,073

Sales, for geographic disclosure purposes, are based on the “sold to” address of the customer. The “sold to” address is not always an accurate representation of the location of final consumption of the Company’s components. Of the Company’s total revenue for fiscal 2012, approximately 36% ($317.5 million) was from customers in China and 18% ($155.1 million) from customers in Taiwan. Long-lived tangible assets primarily include property and equipment and at March 31, 2012, approximately $60.1 million (or 30%) of the Company’s total property and equipment was located in China.

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RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

15. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY (UNAUDITED):

Fiscal 2012 Quarter
(in thousands, except per share data)	First			Second			Third			Fourth
Revenue	$	214,191		$	243,811		$	225,425		$	187,925
Gross profit		78,168			90,393			63,561			56,644
Net income (loss)		8,931			14,310			(9,393	)		(12,991	)
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.03		$	0.05		$	(0.03	)		(0.05	)
Diluted	$	0.03		$	0.05		$	(0.03	)		(0.05	)
Fiscal 2011 Quarter
(in thousands, except per share data)	First			Second			Third			Fourth
Revenue	$	273,842		$	285,794		$	278,794		$	213,326
Gross profit		102,407			108,655			103,089			75,520
Net income		28,341	(1)		35,396	(1)		36,686			24,135	(2)
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.10		$	0.13		$	0.13		$	0.09
Diluted	$	0.10		$	0.13		$	0.13		$	0.08

The Company uses a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year. The first fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to June 30, the second fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to September 30 and the third fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31. Each quarter of fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011 contained a comparable number of weeks (13 weeks).

1. In the first and second quarters of fiscal 2011, net income was $0.2 million and $0.3 million higher, respectively, than previously reported, due to the Company’s increased ownership percentage in an equity investment (see Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

2. Net income includes an income tax benefit related to the effects of a reduction of a valuation reserve against deferred tax assets.

16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

During the first quarter of fiscal 2013 (through May 25, 2012), the Company purchased and retired $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 2014 Notes, equal to approximately 11% of the outstanding balance of its 2014 Notes. The Company paid an average price of $98.35. The primary impact of this transaction to the Company’s financial statements in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 is expected to be a reduction of debt of approximately $13.3 million (net of discount) and a reduction in cash of approximately $14.8 million.

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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

RF Micro Devices and Subsidiaries

Management of the Company is responsible for the preparation, integrity, accuracy and fair presentation of the Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. The financial statements were prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) and include amounts based on judgments and estimates by management.

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting is supported by internal audits, appropriate reviews by management, policies and guidelines, careful selection and training of qualified personnel, and codes of ethics adopted by our Company’s Board of Directors that are applicable to all directors, officers and employees of our Company.

Because of its inherent limitations, no matter how well designed, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Internal controls can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Further, the evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting was made as of a specific date, and continued effectiveness in future periods is subject to the risks that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may decline.

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as of March 31, 2012. In conducting this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Based on our assessment, management believes that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2012.

The Company’s auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, are appointed by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. Ernst & Young LLP has audited and reported on the Consolidated Financial Statements of RF Micro Devices, Inc. and subsidiaries and has issued an attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The reports of the independent registered public accounting firm are contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2012, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2012 of RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries and our report dated May 25, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina

May 25, 2012

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2012. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the index at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries at March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated May 25, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina

May 25, 2012

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures in accordance with Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of such date, to enable the Company to record, process, summarize and report in a timely manner the information that the Company is required to disclose in its Exchange Act reports. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer also concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the end of the period covered by this report, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Internal control over financial reporting

Our Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting is included with the financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting is included with the financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2012, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.

Not applicable.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

Information required by this Item may be found in our definitive proxy statement for our 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the captions “Corporate Governance,” “Executive Officers,” “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company has adopted its “Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers” and a copy is posted on the Company’s website at www.rfmd.com. In the event that we amend any of the provisions of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that requires disclosure under applicable law, SEC rules or NASDAQ listing standards, we intend to disclose such amendment on our website. Any waiver of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers for any executive officer or director must be approved by the Board and will be promptly disclosed, along with the reasons for the waiver, as required by applicable law or NASDAQ rules.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Information required by this Item may be found in our definitive proxy statement for our 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the captions “Executive Compensation” and “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation,” and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

Information required by this Item may be found in our definitive proxy statement for our 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the captions “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information,” and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

Information required by this Item may be found in our definitive proxy statement for our 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the captions “Related Person Transactions” and “Corporate Governance,” and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

Information required by this Item may be found in our definitive proxy statement for our 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the captions “Proposal 5 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and “Corporate Governance,” and the information therein is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

(1) Financial Statements

i. Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011.

ii. Consolidated Statements of Income for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010.

iii. Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010.

iv. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010.

v. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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(2) Financial Statement Schedules:

Schedule II – “Valuation and Qualifying Accounts” appears below.

All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the SEC are not required under the related instructions, are included within the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or are inapplicable and, therefore, have been omitted.

Schedule II

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Fiscal Years Ended 2012, 2011 and 2010

(In thousands)

	Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses		Deductions from Reserve			Balance at End of Period
Year ended March 31, 2012
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	800	$	—	$	447	(i)	$	353
Inventory reserve		20,082		6,161		3,782	(ii)		22,461
Year ended April 2, 2011
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	$802	$	—	$	2	(i)	$	$800
Inventory reserve		25,597		2,046		7,561	(ii)		20,082
Year ended April 3, 2010
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	$886	$	293	$	377	(i)	$	$802
Inventory reserve		39,544		2,480		16,427	(ii)		25,597

(i) The Company wrote-off a fully reserved balance against the related receivable; write-offs totaled $0.1 for fiscal 2012 and less than $0.1 million for both fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010.

(ii) The Company sold excess inventory or wrote-off scrap related to quality and obsolescence against a fully reserved balance and reduced reserves based on the Company’s reserve policy.

(3) The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(b) Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index.

(c) Separate Financial Statements and Schedules.

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	RF Micro Devices, Inc.
Date: May 25, 2012	/s/ Robert A. Bruggeworth
	By: Robert A. Bruggeworth
	President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert A. Bruggeworth and William A. Priddy, Jr., and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this report, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all which said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on May 25, 2012.

/s/ Robert A. Bruggeworth	Name:	Robert A. Bruggeworth
	Title:	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ William A. Priddy, Jr.	Name:	William A. Priddy, Jr.
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Vice President of Administration and Secretary (principal financial officer)
/s/ Barry D. Church	Name:	Barry D. Church
	Title:	Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)
/s/ Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.	Name:	Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.
	Title:	Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Daniel A. DiLeo	Name:	Daniel A. DiLeo
	Title:	Director
/s/ Jeffery R. Gardner	Name:	Jeffery R. Gardner
	Title:	Director
/s/ John R. Harding	Name:	John R. Harding
	Title:	Director
/s/ Masood A. Jabbar	Name:	Masood A. Jabbar
	Title:	Director
/s/ Casimir S. Skrzypczak	Name:	Casimir S. Skrzypczak
	Title:	Director
/s/ Erik H. van der Kaay	Name:	Erik H. van der Kaay
	Title:	Director

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger among RF Micro Devices, Inc., Deere Merger Corp. and Silicon Wave, Inc., dated as of April 21, 2004 (1)
2.2	Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of August 12, 2007, by and among RF Micro Devices, Inc., Iceman Acquisition Sub, Inc., and Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. (16)
3.1	Restated Articles of Incorporation of RF Micro Devices, Inc., dated July 27, 1999 (2)
3.2	Articles of Amendment of RF Micro Devices, Inc. to Articles of Incorporation, dated July 26, 2000 (3)
3.3	Articles of Amendment of RF Micro Devices, Inc. to Articles of Incorporation, dated August 10, 2001 (4)
3.4	Bylaws of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended and restated through November 8, 2007 (18)
4.1	Specimen Certificate of Common Stock (5)
4.2	Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2003, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee (6)
4.3	Form of Note for 1.50% Convertible Subordinated Notes due July 1, 2010, filed as Exhibit A to Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2003, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Wachovia Bank National Association, as Trustee (6)
4.4	Registration Rights Agreement, by and among RF Micro Devices, Inc. and the Initial Purchasers named therein, dated as of July 1, 2003 (6)
4.5	Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2007, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 0.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due April 15, 2012 (7)
4.6	Form of Note for 0.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due April 15, 2012, filed as Exhibit A to Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2007, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (7)
4.7	Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2007, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 1.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due April 15, 2014 (7)
4.8	Form of Note for 1.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due April 15, 2014, filed as Exhibit A to Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2007, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (7)
4.9	Registration Rights Agreement between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, dated as of April 4, 2007 (7) The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon its request, a copy of any instrument defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of the registrant not filed herewith pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	1997 Key Employees’ Stock Option Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended (8)*
10.2	Form of Stock Option Agreement (1997 Key Employees’ Stock Option Plan) (5)*
10.3	1999 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended (8)*
10.4	Lease Agreement, dated October 31, 1995, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Piedmont Land Company, as amended (9)
10.5	Lease Agreement, dated October 9, 1996, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Highwoods/Forsyth Limited Partnership, as amended (9)
10.6	Lease Agreement, dated February 12, 1999, between Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership and RF Micro Devices, Inc. (10)
10.7	Lease Agreement, dated May 25, 1999, by and between CK Deep River, LLC and RF Micro Devices, Inc. (11)
10.8	Lease Agreement, dated November 5, 1999, between Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership and RF Micro Devices, Inc. (8)
10.9	2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended through June 11, 2010 (25)*
10.10	Form of Stock Option Agreement (Senior Officers) pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended effective June 1, 2006 (13)*
10.11	Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Service-Based Award for Senior Officers) pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended effective June 1, 2006 (13)*
10.12	Form of Stock Option Agreement for Employees pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (12)*
10.13	Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Service-Based Award for Employees) pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (12)*
10.14	Form of Stock Option Agreement for Nonemployee Directors pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (14)*
10.15	RF Micro Devices, Inc. 2006 Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective May 7, 2009 (23)*
10.16	Form of Stock Option Agreement - Initial Option, for Nonemployee Directors pursuant to the RF Micro Devices, Inc. 2006 Directors Stock Option Plan, effective July 31, 2006 (13)*
10.17	Form of Stock Option Agreement - Annual Option, for Nonemployee Directors pursuant to the RF Micro Devices, Inc. 2006 Directors Stock Option Plan, effective July 31, 2006 (13)*
10.18	RF Micro Devices, Inc. Cash Bonus Plan, as amended and restated effective June 20, 2011 (26)*

91

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
10.19	Nonemployee Directors’ Stock Option Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (as amended and restated through June 13, 2003) (15)*
10.20	Offer letter between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Robert Van Buskirk, dated August 13, 2007 (17)*
10.21	Noncompetition Agreement, dated August 13, 2007, executed by Robert Van Buskirk in favor of RF Micro Devices, Inc., Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. and other beneficiaries (17)*
10.22	RFMD NC Inventions, Confidentiality and Non-Solicitation Agreement, dated August 13, 2007, by and between Robert Van Buskirk and RF Micro Devices, Inc. (17)*
10.23	Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Plan, as Assumed by RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Amended and Restated Effective November 13, 2007 (18)*
10.24	Change in Control Agreement between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Robert Van Buskirk, effective as of November 14, 2007 (19)*
10.25	Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Performance-Based and Service-Based Award for Senior Officers) pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (20)*
10.26	Employment Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2008, between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Robert A. Bruggeworth (21)*
10.27	Second Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Robert A. Bruggeworth (22)*
10.28	Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Barry D. Church (22)*
10.29	Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Steven E. Creviston (22)*
10.30	Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Jerry D. Neal (22)*
10.31	Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and William A. Priddy, Jr. (22)*
10.32	Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Suzanne B. Rudy (22)*
10.33	Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and James D. Stilson (22)*
10.34	Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Robert Van Buskirk (22)*
10.35	Equity Award Election Form, pursuant to the RF Micro Devices, Inc. 2006 Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective May 7, 2009 (23)*

92

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
10.36	Form of Stock Option Agreement — Annual/Supplemental Option, for Nonemployee Directors pursuant to the RF Micro Devices, Inc. 2006 Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective May 7, 2009 (23)*
10.37	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement — Initial RSU, for Nonemployee Directors pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended (23)*
10.38	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement — Annual/Supplemental RSU, for Nonemployee Directors pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended (23)*
10.39	RF Micro Devices, Inc. Director Compensation Plan, effective May 7, 2009 (23)*
10.40	2009 Declaration of Amendment, effective July 30, 2009, to the Nonemployee Directors’ Stock Option Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended and restated through June 13, 2003 (23)*
10.41	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Performance-Based and Service-Based Award) pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended (for awards prior to May 2, 2012)* (24)
10.42	Change in Control Agreement, effective as of October 3, 2011, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Norman A. Hilgendorf (27)*
10.43	Change in Control Agreement, effective as of October 26, 2011, by and between RF Micro Devices, Inc. and Hans Schwarz (27)*
10.44	Retirement and Transition Agreement, dated effective as of February 29, 2012, between Robert M. Van Buskirk and RF Micro Devices, Inc. (28)*
10.45	Retirement and Transition Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2012, between Jerry D. Neal and RF Micro Devices, Inc. (29)*
10.46	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Performance-Based and Service-Based Award) pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended (for awards on and after May 2, 2012)*
10.47	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Performance-Based and Service-Based Award for Senior Officers) pursuant to the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., as amended*
21	Subsidiaries of RF Micro Devices, Inc.
23	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
31.1	Certification of Periodic Report by Robert A. Bruggeworth, as Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Periodic Report by William A. Priddy, Jr., as Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

93

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
32.1	Certification of Periodic Report by Robert A. Bruggeworth, as Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Periodic Report by William A. Priddy, Jr., as Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	The following materials from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2012, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended March 31, 2012, April 2, 2011 and April 3, 2010, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2012, April 2, 2011 and April 3, 2010, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2012, April 2, 2011 and April 3, 2010, and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements**

(1) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 8, 2004.

(2) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 26, 1999.

(3) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 1, 2000.

(4) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 29, 2001.

(5) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed April 8, 1997 (File No. 333-22625).

(6) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Registration Statement filed on Form S-3, filed August 22, 2003 (File No. 333-108141).

(7) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed April 10, 2007.

(8) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 25, 1999.

(9) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed February 28, 1997 (File No. 333-22625).

(10) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 27, 1999.

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(11) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 26, 1999.

(12) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 2, 2005.

(13) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 7, 2006.

(14) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2005.

(15) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 8, 2006.

(16) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 16, 2007.

(17) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed September 13, 2007 (File No. 333-146027).

(18) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed November 15, 2007 (File No. 333-147432).

(19) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 19, 2007.

(20) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2008.

(21) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 14, 2008.

(22) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 27, 2008.

(23) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 27, 2009.

(24) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 3, 2010, filed June 2, 2010.

(25) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 5, 2010.

(26) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 2, 2011.

(27) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2011.

(28) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 16, 2012.

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(29) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed April 11, 2012.

* Executive compensation plan or agreement

** Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

Our SEC file number for documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is 000-22511.

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