HISTORY OF FAIRCHILD

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

     The original Fairchild Semiconductor was established in 1957 and is the recognized founder of Silicon Valley. Robert Noyce, one of the eight founders of the Company, was the co-inventor of the integrated circuit.
     Over the years Fairchild’s innovations launched a new industry and began what many refer to as the second industrial revolution. ICs developed by Fairchild helped the United States win the race to the moon and revolutionized the computer industry. Dozens of notable companies in Silicon Valley, including Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, can trace their roots to Fairchild.
      In 1987, National Semiconductor purchased Fairchild and integrated what were then the Fairchild businesses into National’s operations. Fairchild reappeared as an independent company in 1997 when the combined logic, non-volatile memory and discrete power & signal technologies businesses of National were purchased in the first management-led leveraged buyout in the semiconductor industry.
      In August 1999, Fairchild was launched as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange. A month later, the United States Postal Service honored Fairchild and its contributions to society with the unveiling of the Integrated Circuit stamp, featuring one of Fairchild’s significant IC designs from the early 1960s.
      Fairchild employs 8,400 people worldwide and is headquartered in South Portland, Maine, USA. Additional manufacturing facilities are located in Utah, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea, with regional sales offices throughout the world.