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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

SKYWORKS MEDIA RELATIONS:                         SKYWORKS INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Lisa Briggs                                       Thomas Schiller
(949) 231-4553                                    (949) 231-4700

                        SKYWORKS TO OFFER $160 MILLION OF
                         CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES


WOBURN, MASS., NOV. 5, 2002 - Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS) today
announced that it intends to issue $160 million aggregate principal amount of
its convertible subordinated notes due 2007 in a private placement, subject to
market and certain other conditions.

     The notes will be sold only to qualified institutional buyers in accordance
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The notes are unsecured subordinated
obligations, convertible into Skyworks common stock at the option of the holder
at a price to be determined and, if not converted, will be due in November 2007.

     Skyworks has granted the initial purchaser of the notes a 30-day option to
purchase an additional $30 million principal amount of the notes. The placement
of the notes is expected to close in November 2002.

     Approximately $120 million of the net proceeds of the offering will be used
to prepay, in part, amounts outstanding under Skyworks' financing agreement with
Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNXT), and the balance will be used by Skyworks
for working capital purposes.

     This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an
offer to buy any of these securities. The securities to be offered will not be
registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and
will not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption
from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and applicable state securities law.

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ABOUT SKYWORKS

     Skyworks is the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused
on RF and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications
applications. The company began operations in June 2002, following the
completion of the merger between Alpha Industries, Inc. and Conexant Systems,
Inc.'s wireless communications business. Skyworks is focused on providing
front-end modules, RF subsystems and cellular systems to wireless handset and
infrastructure customers worldwide.

     Skyworks has headquarters in Woburn and has executive offices in Newport
Beach, Calif. The company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing,
sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia
Pacific. For more information visit www.skyworksinc.com.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

     This news release includes "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify
for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include
information relating to future results of Skyworks, the closing of the offering
of the notes, including the date thereof, the company's use of the net proceeds
from the offering, and other statements regarding matters that are not
historical facts. All such statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected, and may affect the company's future operating results, financial
position and ability to finance outstanding indebtedness.

     These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: maintaining
consistent and reliable sources of energy supplying those regions where we
operate manufacturing facilities; global economic and market conditions, such as
the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by
the company's and its customers' products; demand for and market acceptance of
new and existing products; the ability to develop, manufacture and market
innovative products in a rapidly changing technological environment; the ability
to compete with products and prices in an intensely competitive industry;
product obsolescence; losses or curtailments of purchases from key customers or
the timing of customer inventory adjustments; the timing of new product
introductions; the availability and extent of utilization of raw materials,
critical manufacturing equipment and manufacturing capacity; pricing pressures
and other competitive factors; changes in product mix; fluctuations in
manufacturing yields; the ability to continue to grow and maintain an
intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties;
the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; labor relations of the
company, its customers and suppliers; economic, social and political conditions
in the countries in which Skyworks, its customers or its suppliers operate,
including security risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks and
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; maintaining a consistent and
reliable source of energy; and the uncertainties of litigation, as well as other
risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time
to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

     These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and
the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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