Subsidiary of On Semi, Fairchild Semiconductor is a manufacture of power discretes, ICs and power modules, plus a complete offering of low, mid and high voltage products across the entire voltage spectrum
Est: 1957 and again in 1997
Headquarter: San Jose, CA
Founded by: Sherman Fairchild, Arthur Rock
Fairchild Semiconductor specializes in developing and manufacturing low-to high- power solutions for the mobile, automotive, industrial and computing industries. After introducing the hugely successful planar silicon transistor in 1960, FCS grew from 12 to 12,000 employees and was soon making $130 mil a year. Many employees, including the founder, later broke off as competing companies creating what is know today as the Silicon Valley
