Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Fairchild Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 July 2002
Jackson to head up
new group at Fairchild
Fairchild Semiconductor has set up an Integrated Circuits Group to accelerate growth and leverage market opportunities
The group will include the company's Interface and Logic Division and the Analogue and Mixed Signal Division. Keith Jackson, formerly executive vice president and general manager of the Analogue and Mixed Signal Division, will lead the new group. "By leveraging the talents and energies of the Interface and Logic Division with our Analogue and Mixed Signal Division, we will be able to more aggressively capitalise on market opportunities", said Kirk Pond, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Fairchild Semiconductor.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 July 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The two businesses have worked closely together for a number of years, particularly in the areas of interface and analogue.
This is an opportunity for creating an organisation where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
I'm excited about the integrated circuit Group's potential to accelerate Fairchild's revenue growth, improve margins and build upon our industry leading analogue and logic market share positions".
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"We have identified significant opportunities to increase our shared techniques in integrated circuit mixed signal design and cross-use of libraries while strengthening our position in new system applications by combining our technology and marketing efforts", said Keith Jackson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the integrated circuits Group.
"Fairchild has gained significant market share in both our Interface and Logic business as well as our Analogue business - which we built from scratch four years ago into a business of approximately $340 million today.
The combined strengths within the Integrated Circuits Group will accelerate that growth momentum".
Jackson has more than two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry.
He has been a member of the Executive Committee of Fairchild Semiconductor since he joined the company in 1998.
He was previously the Vice President of National Semiconductor's Interface Group and of its Analogue and Mixed Signal Division.
Jackson brings engineering, marketing and management experience gained at National, Texas Instruments and the original Fairchild Semiconductor to his new role.
He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University and holds numerous patents.
WT Greer, formerly Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Interface and Logic Division, will retire on the 1st September 2002 after more than 30 years in the semiconductor industry.
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