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News Release from: Fairchild Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 16 March 2007
50th anniversary for pioneering firm of
industry
The company where the planar process for semiconductor manufacture was invented is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year
Fairchild Semiconductor, one of the seminal companies in the electronics era, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year Established in 1957, the goal of the original company, namely the development and production of silicon diffused transistors and other semiconductor devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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