Fairchild Semiconductor Commemorates 50 and 10 Year Anniversary
March 14 2007 - 9:40AM
Business Wire
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier of
high performance products that optimize system power, celebrates
its long and rich history in the semiconductor industry during
2007. This is a monumental year with the company celebrating a 50
year milestone since it was first established in 1957. The goal of
the original company: the development and production of silicon
diffused transistors and other semiconductor devices. In 1958,
Fairchild developed the planar transistor and with it a new
industry. 2007 also marks the 10 year anniversary of the new
Fairchild. From its beginnings in 1997 as the industry�s first
multi-market semiconductor company, producing logic, memory, and
discrete technology, to The Power Franchise�, Fairchild today is
the #1 global supplier of analog, power discrete, optoelectronic,
and signal path components that optimize system power. �Energy
efficiency is a driving force not only in the electronics industry,
but also to every person around the world. With the shrinking
supply of fuel, the growing requirement of electronic devices, and
the increasing number of energy efficiency regulations worldwide,
semiconductor companies must take the initiative to deliver
products that maximize power efficiency at every opportunity,� said
Mark Thompson, Fairchild�s president and CEO. Over the past ten
years, Fairchild has developed a full range of products to address
the power efficiency needs for key market segments including
consumer, ultra-portable (cell phones and handheld appliances),
communications, computing, industrial, and automotive. These
products include: - SPM� devices that provide a complete,
integrated power management solution. These smart power modules
combine as many as a dozen separate chips in a single package. -
The newest generation of FPS�. Meeting low standby power
regulations, these devices simplify designs, reduce EMI emissions,
and lower costs. Fairchild power switch devices reduce switching
losses to below one Watt, that meets governmental and agency
regulations. - IntelliMAX� advanced load switches offer power
management and protection functions in industry-leading packaging,
combining the best of low-voltage power semiconductors and analog
control circuitry. - PFC (Power Factor Correction) devices maximize
power efficiency. These controllers lower power line loading and
improve power factor of switch mode power supplies (SMPS), meeting
the 80 plus program requirement (80 percent or greater power
efficiency and true power factor of 0.9 or greater). - SuperFET�
devices. This new generation of high voltage MOSFETs address the
demanding high-voltage, fast-switching applications that require
high efficiency. Typical applications include Power Factor
Correction (PFC), lighting, and AC/DC power supply systems. - The
industry�s broadest range of integrated motor drive solutions (50VA
to 10kVA). - Power Amplifier modules, with i-LO� technology. These
devices reduce quiescent current as much as 70 percent from
traditional current saving methods for wireless communications
systems such as Wi-Fi�, CDMA, and WCDMA cellular handsets. - A wide
portfolio of IGBTs and power MOSFETs for the automotive,
industrial, and consumer markets. �The entrepreneurial spirit of
the early Fairchild is alive and well today and is evidenced by the
development of high value power management solutions,� continued
Thompson. �Our leadership in energy efficient solutions makes
Fairchild as important and relevant for the next 50 years as it has
been for the last 50.� 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�,
Fairchild offers the industry�s broadest portfolio of components
that optimize system power. Fairchild�s 9,000 employees design,
manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface,
logic, and optoelectronics products. Please contact us on the web
at www.fairchildsemi.com.
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