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  Fairchild Semiconductor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (although at almost the same time as one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s.
In 1957 Fairchild Semiconductor was started with plans on making silicon transistors — at the time germanium was still a common material for semiconductor use.
Fairchild's current product line is aimed at the power and discrete component market, claiming the ability to supply every single semiconductor component required for a typical switched-mode power supply from controller chip to switching MOSFET to rectifier diodes to optocouplers.
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 Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild was at the cutting edge, and created some of the innovative technologies that would push the entire field forward.
Fairchild was the seedbed for a great industrial complex, as over the years many of the founders left to form other companies.
Fairchild Semiconductor is today the leading global supplier of high performance power products for electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive industries.
www.pbs.org /transistor/background1/corgs/fairchild.html   (368 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor News
Fairchild Semiconductor announced a 1.65Gbps high-definition multi-media interface switch that promises to enable designers to easily add a second HDMI input to the circuitry in an existing display application.
Fairchild Semiconductor reported fourth quarter sales of $370.8 million, a 7% increase from the prior quarter but 2% lower than the fourth quarter of 2004.
Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced what it claims to be the smallest video filter/driver on the market for driving video images from handsets to televisions, computer monitors or other larger display...
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 Sample Success Stories in Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fairchild Semiconductor International, with world headquarters in South Portland, Maine, is one of the industry’s most exciting high growth semiconductor companies.
Fairchild is the recognized founder of California’s Silicon Valley and was the first multi-market semiconductor company in the industry.
Although Fairchild has facilities in California, Utah, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea, the company is based in Maine, opening its first facility in South Portland in 1962.
www.maineco.org /companies/fairchild.html   (134 words)

  
 Development of the "Chip" at Fairchild
While director of RandD at Fairchild, Noyce pursued the idea of integrating a number of transistors and the other required elements for electronic circuits (capacitors, resistors, wiring, etc.) on a single chip of silicon, as all these elements could be mad e of the same material (silicon).
The semiconductor IC is solid state (without any moving parts) and is "fundamental in its simplicity." Moreover, silicon, from which ICs are made, is the "third most common element on the planet" (after oxigen and carbon).
Besides Fairchild, a lot of other companies entered the semiconductor market in the 1960s and manufactured ICs; and with some large exceptions - like the big electronics companies TI (Dallas) and Motorola (Phoenix) - most of them were located in Silicon Va lley.
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 Fairchild Semiconductor Press Releases
Fairchild reported fourth quarter sales of $370.8 million, a 7% increase from the prior quarter and 2% lower than the fourth quarter of 2004.
Fairchild Semiconductor's SPM(TM), Cited as a Vital Element in an...
Fairchild Semiconductor CEO Kirk Pond Appointed as a Director of the...
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 Fairchild Semiconductor - Contact Details and Latest News - Electronicstalk
Fairchild Semiconductor is shipping its complete portfolio of basic marked components - totalling more than 34,000 products - in configurations that conform to the EU RoHS Directive.
Fairchild Semiconductor is introducing a synchronous buck convertor chip set designed specifically to optimise efficiency and space in notebooks using the latest IMVP specifications.
Fairchild Semiconductor's Global Power Resource Design Centre is helping car makers to meet the proposed European daytime headlight safety regulations, using a ballast design based on SEPIC topology.
www.electronicstalk.com /news/fai/fai000.html   (663 words)

  
 Future Electronics | Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor is the Power Franchise® - a world leader in high performance semiconductors that optimize system power.
Fairchild is the only semiconductor supplier to offer power semiconductors in all three areas (power analog, power discrete and optoelectronics) and one of the few suppliers in the industry to both design and manufacture power ICs.
Fairchild Semiconductor's high performance products are critical to today's leading electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments.
www.futureelectronics.com /promos/fairchild   (151 words)

  
 NPL Site Narrative for Fairchild Semiconductor Corp (Mt View), NPL, Superfund, US EPA
Fairchild has installed two wells to pump and treat the contaminated ground water plume.
Fairchild now has 25 wells in operation that pump and treat contaminated ground water; has installed three underground slurry walls to control migration of contaminated ground water.
Fairchild failed to conclude a settlement (Consent Decree) with EPA.
www.epa.gov /superfund/sites/npl/nar963.htm   (705 words)

  
 Jerry Sanders Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LocalColorArt.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Walter Jeremiah Sanders III ("Jerry Sanders") was a salesman at Fairchild Semiconductor in the 1960s.
He eventually moved to Motorola, then to Fairchild Semiconductor.
In 1968 Sherman Fairchild brought a new management team into Fairchild Semiconductor, led by C. Lester Hogan, then vice president of Motorola Semiconductor.
www.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Jerry_Sanders   (751 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor IT Off Shoring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the other hand, Fairchild Semiconductor Company also guarantees an easy access to the portable technologies acquiring very high and influential performance of not only consumers but also industrial and computer technologies of this era of modernization and technological advancement towards the developing edge of the globe.
So companies like Fairchild Semiconductor are side by side providing job facilities out side America however, there is no authentic security to the association of the discontinued jobs in America specifically in remote areas.
Therefore, Fairchild Semiconductor Company as well as other companies of the same kind should be very much well calculated while formulating its strategies and policies in relation to off shoring.
www.termpapergenie.com /fairchild.html   (1937 words)

  
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 Fairchild Semiconductor www location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Fairchild Semiconductor product information previously located at this URL has moved to http://www.fairchildsemi.com.
In March 1997 National completed the sale of its Fairchild Semiconductor business, which consisted of a broad portfolio of logic, discrete and non-volatile memory semiconductor devices aimed at high-volume markets.
National Semiconductor Corporation focuses on technologies that provide highly integrated analog and mixed signal system solutions.
www.national.com /fairchild   (101 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor Search Results
Fairchild Semiconductor is the leading provider of logic, memory and discrete technologies.
Fairchild Technologies designs and manufactures production equipment for the semiconductor and optical disc manufacturing industries.
Fairchild Technologies a unit of Fairchild Corporation (NYSE: FA), is carrying on Convac's tradition of designing and building the most reliable replication lines for the optical disc industry.
www.semiseek.com /results/fairchild.htm   (144 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor - The Power Franchise®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fairchild Semiconductor is the leading global supplier of high performance products that optimize power.
Fairchild is The Power Franchise®, supplying power semiconductors to the consumer, industrial, ultra-portable, communications, and automotive market segments.
Fairchild employs 9,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in South Portland, Maine.
www.rfglobalnet.com /ecommcenters/fairchildsemiconductor.html   (311 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor Cited for Environmental Preservation in South Korea
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier of high performance products that optimize system power, today announced the company has received an award for environmental preservation and water protection in South Korea.
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is the leading global supplier of high performance power products critical to today's leading electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments.
Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog and mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products from its headquarters in South Portland, Maine, USA and numerous locations around the world.
www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2005/Apr/1134655.htm   (810 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor - Global Leader in Power Optimization
Fairchild Semiconductor Appoints Mark S. Frey Chief Financial Officer
Fairchild Semiconductor to Exhibit Power-Efficient Products at IIC-China 2006
Fairchild Semiconductor Executives to Speak at Top Financial Conferences
www.fairchildsemi.com   (43 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor Distributor
Fairchild Semiconductor is a global company focused on designing, manufacturing, and marketing high-performance semiconductors for multiple end-market segments.
Fairchild's multi-market components are used in computer, telecommunications, automotive, consumer, and industrial applications.
This device provides a basic platform that is well suited for the design of cost-effective flyback converters.
www.mouser.com /fairchildsemi   (199 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor - Careers, culture and benefits overview
As the world's leading supplier of high-performance multi-market semiconductor products--delivering products and solutions to over 50,000 customers worldwide--Fairchild offers exciting job opportunities and a comprehensive University Relations program.
Fairchild believes that our employees’ contributions, abilities and achievements are integral to our success.
Fairchild offers a full range of insurance and retirement benefits that can be tailored to suit your needs.
www.fairchildsemi-careers.com /fairchild/jobboard   (216 words)

  
 Fairchild Korea Semiconductor CIO Talks IT Planning
However, because Fairchild is a global company, Fairchild Korea focused on compatibility with the head office, using a system that functions like a neural network.
Fairchild Korea in particular is implementing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), using the products of a Korean company called Miracom Inc. This project is scheduled for completion on Sept. 10.
One of our big strengths is that the entire staff of Fairchild Semiconductor can access the same data in the same way from any PC in the world.
www.eweek.com /article2/0,1759,1655984,00.asp   (1094 words)

  
 fairchild electronics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fairchild Semiconductor's acquisition of Raytheon Electronics Semiconductor in late 1997 marked the company's entry into the analog/mixed signal market......(Continue Reading)
Fairchild Semiconductor Corp, the South Portland, Maine-based manufacturer of semiconductor components, is set to acquire the Power Device Division of......(Continue Reading)
Fairchild Semiconductor of the US has bought the power device production unit of Samsung Electronics for $450m.
www.cyberwebid.com /fairchild-electronics.html   (378 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor is a global company solely focused on designing, manufacturing and marketing high performance semiconductors for multiple end market uses.
Supplying power, analog&mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products, Fairchild is filling the gap in the global supply of building block semiconductors.
Additional manufacturing facilities are located in Utah, South Korea, China, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, with regional sales offices throughout the world.
www.chipdocs.com /manufacturers/FAIR.html   (91 words)

  
 Semiconductor at SuperSite.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lithography has long been considered the bottleneck of the semiconductor manufacturing world...
A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductivity that is intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor.
A semiconductor behaves as an insulator at very...
www.supersite.net /semiconductor   (167 words)

  
 Semiconductor Resource Center Directory
Sponsorships are available and welcomed for organizations that have a semiconductor interest that would like to list on SERC to provide a value added service to our electronic community.
These links are provided as a service to the semiconductor industry and other interested parties.
Semiconductor Electronic Resource Center does not endorse the listed entities, nor are we responsible for the content accessible through these links.
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 Fairchild Semiconductor International
Fairchild Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of high performance semiconductor products in the power, interface, analog, mixed signal, logic, optoelectronic, and configurable products markets.
As the industry’s first multi-market company, Fairchild has a history of leading-edge innovation; this tradition continues through a singular focus on creatively managing, converting, minimizing and distributing power.
Search for Fairchild Semiconductor International products in ChipSeeker's Semiconductor Search, also try Chipseeker's Electronic Component Search, Connector Search or Die Search.
www.chipseeker.com /semiconductors/fairchild-semiconductors.html   (220 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor: 2005 Contract Manufacturing Profile
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Fairchild Semiconductor (United States) is major player in the global contract manufacturing industry, with operations in a wide variety of fields, including : Power amplifier (PA) module, POWER PRODUCTS, Linear ICs.
Semiconductor Industry Trends Report - 1st Half 2006
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 Fairchild Semiconductor's micro-SerDes Offers the Industry's Smallest, Lowest EMI, Lowest Power Serialization Solution; ...
Standby power consumption, using Fairchild's micro-SerDes, is 10 times lower than any other solution, a critical parameter affecting battery life and cell phone talk time.
For information on other Fairchild products, design tools and sales contacts, please visit http://www.fairchildsemi.com.
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS) is the leading global supplier of high performance power products critical to today's leading electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments.
www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2005/Apr/1133543.htm   (1047 words)

  
 Fairchild Semiconductor Distributor - Newark InOne
Fairchild Semiconductor International is the leading global supplier of high performance semiconductor products in the power, interface, analog, mixed signal, logic, optoelectronic, and configurable products markets.
As the industry's first multi-market company, Fairchild has a history of leading-edge innovation; this tradition continues through a singular focus on creatively managing, converting, minimizing and distributing power—one of the most important defining characteristics of a semiconductor company in the early 21st century.
Fairchild Semiconductor 74ACT SERIES FACT ™ (ACT) CMOS LOGIC
www.newark.com /brands/fairchildsemiconductor   (161 words)

  
 Savvion Customer Profile: Fairchild   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As a global manufacturer with hundreds of suppliers and business partners Fairchild was faced with the challenge of managing thousands of existing parts while at the same time sourcing, qualifying and approving new parts for ongoing new product development.
As time to market pressures continue to increase, Fairchild selected Savvion BusinessManager to manage the processes associated with sourcing and qualifying new parts to meet critical scheduling requirements.
Existing parts libraries need to be updated to match changing specifications
www.savvion.com /customers/customer_detail.php?qid=14   (161 words)

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