Yahoo! will always move quickly: Carol Bartz Nov 6, 2009
is one of the founding fathers of the Internet industry, just as Fairchild Semiconductor was for the chip industry. So it's only natural that people will seek new opportunities and turnover will occur. (India Times)
Google, IBM get strong tech results Oct 16, 2009
In addition, chipmakers Cypress Semiconductor Inc and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc posted strong quarterly results, but the numbers failed to impress investors. Read business stories in. (India Times)
Analog vendor study reveals designer priorities Oct 12, 2009
This is clear from the just-released "AAA Awareness, Attitude, Association Analog Study." The survey, conducted by EE Times in conjunction with , polled respondents on 13 analog vendors: Analog Devices, Avago Technologies, Fairchild Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, Intersil, Linear Technology, Maxim Integrated Products, Microchip Technology, National Semiconductor, NXP, ON Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. Analog doesn't fit into any neat, easily characterized... (EETimes)
Paranoid survivor Oct 11, 2009
He joined Fairchild Semiconductor, once a pioneering electronics firm, where he caught the eye of Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. The former was a co-inventor of the integrated circuit, while the latter coined Moore s law (which decrees, roughly, that the amount of computing power available at a given price doubles every 18 months). (The Economist)
Analyst: Fairchild delays fab closures Sep 17, 2009
-- Fairchild Semiconductor has delayed the closure of two fabs due to strong demand, according to an analyst. In March, Fairchild Semiconductor said it planned to close two fabs and eliminate at least 200 jobs in an effort to cut costs ... At an investor conference, Fairchild Semiconductor management said it will delay the closure of two of its six fabrication facilities from mid-2010 previously to late 2010 now,'' said Craig Berger, an analyst with FBR.. (EETimes)
IIC-China and co-located Components Zone to expand to Wuhan, Chengdu and Dongguan this September Sep 9, 2009
" Leading technology and components vendors to exhibit at IIC-China and Components Zone Some of the biggest names in the technology industry, including multinationals like Altium, Analog Devices, Broadcom, Cyan, Linear Technology, Numonyx and Texas Instruments are due to demonstrate their latest technologies at IIC-China. Joining them will be home-grown design companies such as Biyadi, Kunshan Visionox, Megawin, Shanghai Sino-IC Mircoelectronics and Shenzhen Changyuntong IC Design. A large... (PR Newswire)
Analyst sees upside for chip makers in HP results Aug 20, 2009
Companies such as Marvell, International Rectifier, LSI Corp., Fairchild Semiconductor and ON Semiconductor "should benefit from improving PC demand in 3Q and grow that portion of business in the high-single-to-low double digits sequentially," Berger wrote. PC hardware and storage days of inventory (excluding Dell) fell by one day in the calendar second quarter and are now slightly below all-time trough levels set in the third quarter of 2004 and the third quarter of 2007, according to Berger. (EETimes)
Gmail finally out of beta Jul 8, 2009
Customers include Genentech Inc, a unit of pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG, and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc.. Text. (India Times, India)
Global Sources reports first quarter 2009 results May 21, 2009
" Recent Corporate Highlights -- Held six China Sourcing Fairs and an India Sourcing Fair in April and early May at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. Buyers from many of the world's top retailers attended including Ahlens, Atico, Auchan, Carrefour, Coles Group, Creata, Dollar General, Halfords, Intelbras, Home Depot, LG Sourcing, Li & Fung, Marks & Spencer, Monsoon Accessorize, Otto International, Playtex, Samsung, Sears and Staples. -- Two new shows, China Sourcing Fair: Home Products and the... (PR Newswire)
Fairchild Semi posts loss, says orders improving Apr 17, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Fairchild Semiconductor Thursday (April 16) reported a net loss of $51. 1 million on revenue of $223. (EETimes)
Fairchild Semi Posts 1Q Loss but Beats Street Apr 17, 2009
Fairchild Semiconductor posts 1st-quarter loss but tops analyst estimates; shares rise ... Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. on Thursday posted a first-quarter loss on a drop in sales and hefty restructuring charges. (ABC News -- Wire)
Fairchild to close fabs, cuts more jobs Mar 27, 2009
-- Fairchild Semiconductor plans to close two fabs and eliminate at least 200 jobs in an effort to cut costs. Hit hard by the downturn, San Jose-based Fairchild will close its wafer fabrication plant in Mountaintop, Penn. (EETimes)
Technology vendors seize opportunity to gain market share, emerge from global crisis stronger at International IC-China Conference & Exhibition Feb 26, 2009
" Top technology companies keen to penetrate mainland China market With mainland China ranked as the world's largest IC market, companies like Altium, Analog Devices, Atmel, Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, Intersil, Maxim, Micrel, Microchip Technology, Microsoft Windows Embedded, NEC Electronics, Numonyx, NXP Semiconductors and Vishay are seizing this opportunity to exhibit their latest products and services to mainland China's engineering community. Intel China's director of embedded sales and... (PR Newswire)
The Greatest Inventors You've Never Heard Of Feb 19, 2009
The integrated circuit was born in 1959, when both Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments (nyse: - - ) and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor (nyse: - - ) filed for patents on versions of it. A decade earlier, William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain had invented the transistor. (Forbes -- Technology)
Dr. Izak Bencuya Joins Board of Directors of Exar Corporation Feb 13, 2009
Prior to Deeya Energy, Dr. Bencuya spent over ten years at Fairchild Semiconductor where he focused on power products and was most recently the Executive Vice President and the General Manager of the Functional Power Products Group. Dr. Bencuya also held positions at Siliconix, Semitest and GTE Laboratories. (PR Newswire)
Inventors Hall honors chip technology Feb 11, 2009
The new class also honors early silicon chip designer Carver Mead; Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky, for the read-only programmable memory chip, and the late Jean Hoerni, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, who is recognized for a manufacturing process key to modern integrated circuits. . (NJ.com -- News)
National Inventors Hall of Fame Announces 2009 Inductees Feb 11, 2009
A co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and one of the Fairchild Eight, Hoerni invented the planar manufacturing process, the process that is relied upon for the manufacture of today's modern integrated circuits ... As a cofounder of both Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, Moore set the pace and standards for Silicon Valley's chip manufacturing methods ... Wanlass spent time at Fairchild Semiconductor, and was also involved in several start-up ventures including Zytrex and Standard Microsystems.... (PR Newswire)
