Fairchild Semiconductor
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.[4]
Company type
Public
Nasdaq: FCS
- Semiconductors
- Computer Networks
- Lighting
- Circuit protection
October 1, 1957
September 2016
Acquired by ON Semiconductor
Worldwide
US$1.370 billion (2015)[2]
US$6.30 million (2015)[2]
–US$15.1 million (2015)[2]
US$1.58 billion (2015)[2]
US$1.10 billion (2015)[2]
6,379 (2015)[2]
May 8, 1991
1000[3]
The company had locations in the United States at San Jose, California; San Rafael, California; South Portland, Maine; West Jordan, Utah; and Mountaintop, Pennsylvania. Outside the US, it operated locations in Australia;[5] Singapore; Bucheon, South Korea; Penang, Malaysia; Suzhou, China; and Cebu, Philippines, among others.