Fairchild Semiconductor

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defunct company semiconductor company technology company

Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct company → semiconductor company → technology company →
acquiredBy	ON Semiconductor →
acquisitionDate	2016 →
country	United States →
dissolved	2016 →
foundedAs	Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation →
foundedBy	Eugene Kleiner → Gordon Moore → Jay Last → Jean Hoerni → Julius Blank → Robert Noyce → Sheldon Roberts → Sherman Fairchild → Victor Grinich →
hasSpinOff	Advanced Micro Devices → Intel → Intersil → LSI Logic → Maxim Integrated → Monolithic Memories → National Semiconductor → Signetics → VLSI Technology → Xicor →
headquartersLocation	Mountain View, California → San Jose, California → South Portland, Maine →
historicalRole	central role in development of Silicon Valley → central role in development of modern integrated circuit industry →
inception	1957 →
industry	electronics industry → semiconductor industry →
knownFor	early integrated circuits → helping create Silicon Valley → pioneering planar process technology → spawning numerous spin-off companies →
locationFounded	Mountain View, California →
nickname	Fairchildren (for its spin-off companies) →
notableEmployee	Andrew Grove → Charles Sporck → Don Valentine → Gordon Moore → Jerry Sanders → Leslie Vadasz → Robert Noyce → Wilfred Corrigan →
notableProduct	integrated circuit → linear integrated circuit → logic IC → operational amplifier → planar transistor → power semiconductor device → µA709 → µA741 →
parentOrganization	Fairchild Camera and Instrument →
significantEvent	development of the planar transistor in 1959 → introduction of early monolithic integrated circuits →
tickerSymbol	FCS →
tradedOn	NASDAQ →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Don Valentine → Gordon E. Moore → Jay Last → Mike Markkula → Robert N. Noyce → Sheldon Roberts →	employer
Jay Last → Robert N. Noyce →	coFounded
Fairchild Eight → Traitorous Eight →	foundedOrganization
Cramming more components onto integrated circuits →	authorAffiliationAtTime
Gordon E. Moore →	coFounderOf
Fairchild Semiconductor ("Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation") →	foundedAs
Arthur Rock →	hasInvestedIn
µA741 →	hasManufacturer
Monolithic Memories →	hasSpinOffOriginFrom
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory →	influenced
µA709 →	introducedBy
Fairchild Semiconductor ("Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.") →	knownAs
µA709 →	manufacturer
Monolithic Memories →	parentCompanyOrigin
FCS →	represents
Fairchild Camera and Instrument →	subsidiary