HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION
20 Alpha Road
Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
July 19, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Mail Stop 4-6
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Jay Mumford, Esq.
Re: Hittite Microwave Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Registration No. 333-124664
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hittite Microwave Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-124664), as amended, be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become effective at 3:00 p.m. on July 21, 2005, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
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| HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION | ||
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| By: | /s/ William W. Boecke |
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| William W. Boecke, Chief Financial Officer |