Liam Griffin, long one of the pillars of Irvine’s tech scene, will be leaving chipmaker Skyworks Solutions Inc., yielding the top spot to a lesser-known colleague who inherits a downbeat forecast.

Shares of Skyworks Solutions slid, after the Apple supplier said tougher competition for the iPhone maker's semiconductor business would cut into sales. Apple is the company's largest customer. Late Wednesday,

Skyworks’ stock saw its worst day in more than four decades, with analysts noting that Broadcom seems to have gotten in on the action for a lucrative iPhone socket.

Apple supplier Skyworks Solutions saw its stock drop nearly 25% Thursday as the semiconductor firm said that it's losing business with the iPhone maker to one of its competitors,