Fairchild Camera and Instrument

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defense contractor semiconductor company technology company

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.

Aliases (1)

Fairchild Semiconductor ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defense contractor → semiconductor company → technology company →
acquiredBy	Schlumberger → Schlumberger Limited →
acquisitionDate	1979 →
associatedWith	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 →
era	Cold War →
foundedBy	Sherman Fairchild →
foundedIn	1927 →
headquartersLocation	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 → Palo Alto, California → Silicon Valley →
namedAfter	Sherman Fairchild →
notableEmployee	Eugene Kleiner → Gordon Moore → Jay Last → Jean Hoerni → Julius Blank → Robert Noyce → Sheldon Roberts → Victor Grinich →
parentCompany	Schlumberger → Schlumberger Limited →
product	aerial cameras → integrated circuits → photographic equipment → reconnaissance cameras → semiconductor devices →
servedCustomer	U.S. defense agencies → United States military →
spinOffFrom	Fairchild Camera and Instrument →
subsidiary	Fairchild Semiconductor →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fairchild Semiconductor →	parentCompany
Fairchild Semiconductor →	parentOrganization
Fairchild Eight →	parentOrganizationOfFoundedCompany
Fairchild Semiconductor →	spinOffFrom