In 1957, Fairchild Semiconductor became the third company in Silicon Valley. Of course it wasn't called Silicon Valley then, since the whole silicon industry was just starting to evolve.

Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore had done well for themselves at Fairchild Semiconductor. Noyce had become general manager, and Moore was head of Research and Development. But the company was still ...

PHOENIX-- November 18, 2015 -- ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ON) (“ON Semiconductor”) and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (Nasdaq: FCS) (“Fairchild”) today announced that they have ...

Henry Pratt Fairchild (1880-1956, Ph.D. Yale University) spent the bulk of his academic career at New York University where he was on the faculty for 26 years, serving as Chairman of the ...