Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: FCS
Industry	Semiconductors Computer Networks Lighting Circuit protection
Founded	October 1, 1957; 66 years ago (1957-10-01)
Founders	Sherman Fairchild Arthur Rock
Defunct	September 2016
Fate	Acquired by ON Semiconductor
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mark Thompson (Chairman & CEO)[1] Mark S. Frey (Executive Vice President, CFO & Treasurer)[1]
Products	Integrated circuits Signal processors Motor controllers Field-effect transistors
Revenue	US$1.370 billion (2015)[2]
Operating income	US$6.30 million (2015)[2]
Net income	–US$15.1 million (2015)[2]
Total assets	US$1.58 billion (2015)[2]
Total equity	US$1.10 billion (2015)[2]
Number of employees	6,379 (2015)[2]
Parent	ON 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.^[4]

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;^[5] Singapore; Bucheon, South Korea; Penang, Malaysia; Suzhou, China; and Cebu, Philippines, among others.