Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
     

NOTE 15 - OPERATING SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

   Fairchild designs, develops, manufactures and markets high performance multi-market semiconductors. The Company is currently organized into three reportable segments: Analog and Mixed Signal Products Group ("Analog"), Discrete Products Group ("Discrete") and Interface and Logic Products Group ("Interface and Logic").

   The Company has determined that its Configurable Products business unit (formally known as the Non-Volatile Memory Division which was reported as a separate segment) and its Optoelectronics Group do not meet the threshold for a separate reportable segment under SFAS No, 131, and accordingly these segments' results are included as part of the "Other" category for all periods presented. Management evaluates the contract manufacturing business differently than its other operating segments due in large part to the fact that it is predominantly driven by contractual agreements for limited time periods entered into with National Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics.

   In addition to the operating segments mentioned above, the Company also operates global operations, sales and marketing, information systems, finance and administration groups that are led by vice presidents who report to the Chief Executive Officer. The expenses of these groups are allocated to the operating segments and are included in the operating results reported below. The Company does not allocate income taxes to its operating segments, and while interest expense allocations are made for informational purposes, the operating segments are principally evaluated on operating profit before interest and taxes.

   The Company does not specifically identify and allocate all assets by operating segment. It is the Company's policy to fully allocate depreciation and amortization to its operating segments. Operating segments do not sell products to each other, and accordingly, there are no inter-segment revenues to be reported. The accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.

   Statement of operations information on reportable segments for Calendar 2000, Stub Year 1999, Fiscal 1999, and Fiscal 1998 is as follows:

 
Stub
 
Calendar
Year
Fiscal
Fiscal
(In millions)
2000
1999
1999
1998
Revenue and Operating Income (Loss):
Analog and Mixed Signal Products Group
   Trade revenue
$ 378.7
$ 177.6
$ 99.7
$ 40.0
   Operating income
40.6
19.6
(4.5)
1.1
Discrete Products Group
   Trade revenue
$ 749.0
$ 316.9
$ 222.8
$ 187.3
   Operating income
129.7
24.6
16.8
35.6
Interface and Logic Products Group
   Trade revenue
$ 424.2
$ 184.0
$ 267.6
$ 303.0
   Operating income
106.5
20.9
18.8
43.1
Other
   Trade revenue(1)
$ 129.7
$ 35.5
$ 64.0
$ 105.5
   Contract manufacturing revenue
101.6
72.2
81.0
153.4
   Operating income (loss)(2)
51.1
17.4
(78.5)
7.5
Total Consolidated
   Trade revenue
$1,681.6
$ 714.0
$ 654.1
$ 635.8
   Contract manufacturing revenue
101.6
72.2
81.0
153.4
   Operating income (loss)
327.9
82.5
(47.4)
87.3

(1)
Includes $5.5 million reduction to trade sales due to the memory restructuring action in Fiscal 1999.
(2)
Other includes in Calendar 2000, a $3.5 million gain resulting from additional funds received in connection with the sale of the Company's former Mountain View, California facility, a $2.1 million gain for the adjustment of restructuring reserves upon final execution of several prior year actions and $9.0 million of in-process research and development costs associated with the Company's QT Optoelectronics, KOTA and Micro Linear acquisitions; in Stub Year 1999, an $8.3 million charge for the forgiveness of certain loans made to the Company's management investors for payment of individual income tax liabilities resulting from their ownership of Fairchild Internationals common stock; in Fiscal 1999, charges of $34.0 million for purchased in-process research and development, $21.3 million for restructuring, $15.4 million for additional charges taken for asset impairments in connection with the Memory restructuring and $1.1 million of other charges not allocated to the operating segments; and, in Fiscal 1998, purchased in-process research and development of $15.5 million.

   Depreciation and amortization by reportable operating segment were as follows:

 
Stub
 
Calendar
Year
Fiscal
Fiscal
(In millions)
2000
1999
1999
1998
Analog and Mixed Signal
-
   Products Group
$ 30.8
$ 16.0
$ 12.0
$ 3.3
Discrete Products Group
58.1
32.5
28.6
20.8
Interface and Logic Products Group
51.7
31.3
53.2
51.7
Other
10.5
2.5
10.0
9.0
Total
$ 151.1
$ 82.3
$ 103.8
$ 84.8

  Geographic revenue information are based on the locations of the selling entities within the indicated geographic areas. No individual foreign country except Korea is material to total revenues.

  Revenues by geographic region were as follows:

 
Calendar
Stub Year
Fiscal
Fiscal
(In millions)
2000
1999
1999
1998
Total Revenues:
United States
$   470.3
$ 201.2
$ 299.5
$ 395.7
Korea
321.0
172.3
68.8
-
Asia / Pacific
764.9
325.6
255.5
260.9
Europe
227.0
87.1
111.3
132.6
Total
$ 1,783.2
$ 786.2
$ 735.1
$ 789.2

   In Calendar 2000, Stub Year 1999, Fiscal 1999 and Fiscal 1998, National Semiconductor accounted for 4.3%, 6.9%, 11.0% and 19.4%, respectively, of the Company's total revenues. In Calendar 2000 and in Stub Year 1999, sales to Samsung Electronics accounted for 8.9% and 7.0%, respectively, of the Company's total revenues.

   Geographic property, plant and equipment balances as of December 31, 2000 and December 26, 1999 are based on the physical locations within the indicated geographic areas and are as follows:

 
December 31,
December 26,
(In millions)
2000
1999
Property, Plant & Equipment:
United States
$ 255.1
$ 172.3
Korea
186.6
108.2
Philippines
58.0
47.1
Malaysia
84.7
43.1
All Others
12.2
5.1
Total
$ 596.6
$ 375.8