Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument (NYSE stock symbol FCI), it was a pioneer in transistor and integrated circuit manufacturing. After it was bought by Schlumberger and sold to National Semiconductor, Fairchild was spun out as an independent company again in 1997.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild Semiconductor
• http://siliconvalley.sutromedia.com/fairchild-semiconductor.html
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