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Fairchild Semiconductor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1191 words) |
 | Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (released shortly before one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. |
| During the 1960s, Fairchild dominated the analog integrated circuit market, introducing the first IC operational amplifiers, or "op amps", Bob Widlar's µA702 (in 1964) and µA709. |
| Fairchild's current product line is aimed at the power and discrete component market, claiming the ability to supply every single semiconductor component required for a typical switched-mode power supply from controller chip to switching MOSFET to rectifier diodes to optocouplers. |
| Sherman M. Fairchild (548 words) |
| Fairchild was not only an indefatigable investor in those fields, but his inquiring mind also led to patents on such disparate products as engraving mechanisms and carriers for fruit picking (the latter his last patent at age 73). |
| Fairchild's curiosity and inventive mind were obvious early and they were encouraged by his father, who was a remarkable man himself. |
| Fairchild was honored by his scientific and technological colleagues with fellowships in the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and in the Royal Aeronautical Society. |
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