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.
| Company type | Public |
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Traded as | Nasdaq: FCS |
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| Founded | October 1, 1957 |
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| Defunct | September 2016 |
| Fate | Acquired by ON Semiconductor |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$1.370 billion (2015) |
| US$6.30 million (2015) | |
Net income | –US$15.1 million (2015) |
| Total assets | US$1.58 billion (2015) |
| Total equity | US$1.10 billion (2015) |
Number of employees | 6,379 (2015) |
| Parent | ON Semiconductor |
| Site of invention of the first commercially practicable integrated circuit | |
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| Designated | May 8, 1991 |
| Reference no. | 1000 |
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; Singapore; Bucheon, South Korea; Penang, Malaysia; Suzhou, China; and Cebu, Philippines, among others.