FCS Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (MM)

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier of products that optimize system power, today announced Shihab Kuran, Ph.D., has been selected to lead product development for the Analog Products Group (APG), reporting to Bob Conrad, Fairchild's senior vice president, APG. Kuran will be responsible for setting the direction and development of new power products and managing the company's strategic direction for highly integrated devices for APG. "Dr. Kuran's extensive education in circuit design and device modeling as well as his over ten years' experience with power management devices and business development make him ideal to lead Fairchild's APG product development," said Conrad. "Fairchild is focused on the design and manufacturing of highly integrated products such as our recently announced uSerDes(TM) devices. These devices offer the industry's lowest EMI and lowest standby power serialization solution available in the market place today for cell phones. I'm pleased to have a person of Kuran's caliber helping to expand our new product development for APG." Kuran holds a Ph.D. and master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York. He has several patent applications and more than 20 publications. During his Ph.D. work, he designed and developed a family of high speed power management products. Most recently Kuran was senior vice president of strategic marketing at Sipex Corporation, where he was responsible for the strategy and restructure of the company's focus on power management. Kuran began his career as a design engineer in advanced circuit design with ANADIGICS, Inc., and advanced into management roles in engineering, design technology, advanced development and business development. About Fairchild Semiconductor: 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. As The Power Franchise(R), Fairchild offers the industry's broadest portfolio of components that optimize system power through minimization, conversion, management and distribution functions. Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products from its headquarters in South Portland, Maine, USA and numerous locations around the world. Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.