Fairchild (Firm)
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- Its Clipper 32-bit microprocessor, c1987:t.p. (Fairchild, Schlumberger Company)
- Fairchild, the Fairchild cronicles, 2005:spoken narration (Fairchild Semiconductor, founded 1957, sold to National Semiconductor in 1986)
- Fairchild Semiconductor website, Mar. 14, 2005(Fairchild Semiconductor, founded 1957, acquired by Schlumberger in 1979, acquired by National Semiconductor in 1987 and fully integrated into its operations; spun off as an independent company in 1997; in 1999, FSC Semiconductor Corporation [no publs. in RLIN] changed its name to Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc [no publs. in RLIN])
- RLIN, Mar. 17, 2005(hdgs.: Fairchild (Firm), Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. Fairchild Semiconductor Division; usage: Fairchild, Fairchild Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.)
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument by the "traitorous eight" who defected from Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. It became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of integrated circuits. Schlumberger bought the firm in 1979 and sold it to National Semiconductor in 1987; Fairchild was spun off as an independent company again in 1997. In September 2016, Fairchild was acquired by ON Semiconductor. The company had locations in the United States at San Jose, California; San Rafael, California; South Portland, Maine; West Jordan, Utah; and Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. Outside the US, it operated locations in Australia; Singapore; Bucheon, South Korea; Penang, Malaysia; Suzhou, China; and Cebu, Philippines, among others.
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