Fairchild Camera and Instrument

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Fairchild Camera and Instrument was an American technology company best known for its pioneering role in the development and commercialization of semiconductor devices and early integrated circuits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defense contractor
semiconductor company
technology company
acquiredBy Schlumberger
Schlumberger
surface form: Schlumberger Limited
acquisitionDate 1979
associatedWith the Traitorous Eight
surface form: Traitorous Eight
category Silicon Valley company
defunct companies of the United States
defunct semiconductor companies
contributedTo development of monolithic integrated circuits
invention of the planar process
country United States of America
surface form: United States
era Cold War
foundedBy Sherman Fairchild
foundedIn 1927
headquartersLocation Long Island
surface form: Long Island, New York

Syosset, New York
historicalRole incubator of many Silicon Valley startups
pioneer of the American semiconductor industry
industry aerospace and defense
photography
semiconductors
knownFor commercialization of integrated circuits
development of early semiconductor devices
role in the birth of Silicon Valley
locationOfFacility Mountain View, California, United States
surface form: Mountain View, California

Palo Alto, California
Silicon Valley
namedAfter Sherman Fairchild
notableEmployee Eugene Kleiner
Gordon E. Moore
surface form: Gordon Moore

Jay Last
Jean Hoerni
Julius Blank
Robert N. Noyce
surface form: Robert Noyce

Sheldon Roberts
Victor Grinich
parentCompany Schlumberger
Schlumberger
surface form: Schlumberger Limited
product aerial cameras
integrated circuits
photographic equipment
reconnaissance cameras
semiconductor devices
servedCustomer U.S. defense agencies
United States Armed Forces
surface form: United States military
spinOffFrom Fairchild Camera and Instrument self-linksurface differs
subsidiary Fairchild Semiconductor

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Fairchild Semiconductor parentOrganization Fairchild Camera and Instrument
Fairchild Camera and Instrument spinOffFrom Fairchild Camera and Instrument self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Fairchild Semiconductor
FCS parentCompany Fairchild Camera and Instrument
subject surface form: Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Eight parentOrganizationOfFoundedCompany Fairchild Camera and Instrument
Sherman Fairchild founded Fairchild Camera and Instrument
this entity surface form: Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation
Sherman Fairchild founded Fairchild Camera and Instrument
this entity surface form: Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
Sherman Fairchild employer Fairchild Camera and Instrument
this entity surface form: Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation