From: compoundsemiconductor.net

Leading GaAs power amplifier manufacturer RF Micro Devices is to part with over 100 more staff as it reorganizes its back-end manufacturing and operating expense structure.
RFMD will now close its Shanghai test and assembly operations, combining some of the functions into its Beijing site and outsourcing others.
This move is set to be completed before the end of September, although the exact impact on headcount is currently not known.
However the company will also part with around 100 sales, administrative and R&D staff in a separate action before the end of March. Around half of these losses will occur at RFMD's Greensboro, North Carolina, headquarters.
“These actions simply get our expense structure inline with the reduced demand environment,” RFMD's chief financial officer Dean Priddy told compoundsemiconductor.net.
“This news is definitely not signaling that things are getting worse in terms of the business climate. If anything, in some of our key markets order patterns have stabilized and actually begun to improve over where they were.“
“I don't want to mislead you that we've got a full blown recovery underway. However compared to where things were in the December quarter and in the month of January, things are definitely incrementally getting better in terms of order rates.”
Priddy explained that taking some of the work done in Shanghai on at its other sites and outsourcing the rest will enhance the efficiency of RFMD’s overall manufacturing operations.
Combined with steps already taken, these actions will put RFMD's expense model where it needs to be, Priddy said. “Assuming revenue comes in about where we planned, you’re going to see significant improvements in our financial performance.”
He also emphasized that any reductions in R&D had been carefully planned to not impact critical projects for key customers or strategic development programs.
Together the operating expense and manufacturing restructuring will cost RFMD $17.5 million for employee benefits, cancelled leases and obsolete equipment.

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北京的鬼天气，都现在了还想下雪。春天在哪里啊？蛰伏了一个冬天，早就想在春暖花开的温暖日子里活动活动筋骨了。上周完成了预计任务，约百度胤和微软德土去北影泡妞，结果天公不作美，冷风呼呼吹，只好作罢。

春天在小朋友的眼睛里？

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一波还未平息，一波又来兴起。刚刚把DDS的版图搞定，新的、更加艰巨的任务又来了。

来就来吧，谁怕谁呢？反正也光着脚呢。

你说我们是不是有点变态了？越是被压迫反而越是高兴。

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天外有天，切勿嚣张。