FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTL INC (FCS:NYSE) Close

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Fairchild Semiconductor is the leading global supplier of high performance power products critical to today's leading electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments. As The Power Franchise(R), Fairchild offers the industry's broadest portfolio of components that optimize system power through minimization, conversion, management and distribution functions. Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products from its headquarters in South Portland, Maine, USA and numerous locations around the world. We have wafer fabrication plants in Maine, Utah, Pennsylvania and South Korea, and assembly facilities in Malaysia, the Philippines, and China. Customers include many electronics industry leaders such as Samsung, LG, Dell, HP, IBM, Arrow, Avnet, Nokia, Siemens, Solectron, Celestica, and Motorola.