Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: FCS
Industry
FoundedOctober 1, 1957; 67 years ago (1957-10-01)
Founders
DefunctSeptember 2016 (2016-09)
FateAcquired by ON Semiconductor
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueDecrease US$1.370 billion (2015)[2]
Decrease US$6.30 million (2015)[2]
Negative increase –US$15.1 million (2015)[2]
Total assetsDecrease US$1.58 billion (2015)[2]
Total equityDecrease US$1.10 billion (2015)[2]
Number of employees
6,379 (2015)[2]
ParentON Semiconductor
Site of invention of the first commercially practicable integrated circuit
DesignatedMay 8, 1991
Reference no.1000[3]

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]

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;[5] Singapore; Bucheon, South Korea; Penang, Malaysia; Suzhou, China; and Cebu, Philippines, among others.

  1. ^ a b "About Fairchild - Overview of Fairchild Semiconductor Company". Fairchild. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Fairchild Semiconductor Intl Inc Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 25, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Parks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "ON Semiconductor Successfully Completes Acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4 Billion in Cash". www.businesswire.com. September 19, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Even back in 1968, workers were worried about being replaced by technology | RetroFocus". YouTube. September 11, 2018.