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After the company touched a near-bottom two-star rankearlier this year, enough top-performing CAPS members are now feeling bullish about TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TQNT) to upgrade it to a maximum five stars. A total of 192 members have given their opinion on the chipmaker, with many offering analysis and commentary to explain their recent optimism.

Many CAPS members expect rapid growth in the smartphone marketto benefit TriQuint, along with peers RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq: RFMD) and Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS). TriQuint already supplies Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) with its radio frequency semiconductors, a segment that's becoming a greater source of revenue.

Thanks to smartphone growth, TriQuint's second-quarter handset revenue grew 56% sequentially, while total revenue moved 42% higher, to $169 million. In addition to expected long-term global handset growth, TriQuint also expects to continue to win government contracts for military applications, a segment that saw second-quarter revenue grow 25% over the previous quarter. It currently has key design wins for projects such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

But TriQuint doesn't stop there -- it also aims to build a presence in the growing cable TV and fiber-optics market, where it recently announced the acquisition of integrated circuit maker TriAccess Technologies. Companies such as Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T), as well as providers in Europe and Asia, are rapidly upgrading their networks. That increased bandwidth will meet the needs of growing Internet, video, and voice services -- another market TriQuint believes it can successfully tap.

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