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EDN Asia, February, 2005 by Sperling, Ed
Kirk Pond, President and CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor, sat down with Electronic News to discuss Fairchild's growth potential in the power management business. Excerpts:
Electronic News: How much more room is there in the power management market for growth?
Pond: We've got about 10 percent of the $15 billion power market, and this market is supposed to grow to $25 billion in the next three or four years. Systems are more complex, people want lighter and more portable goods, and there are some government regulations driving it.
Electronic News: How about outside of the power management market?
Pond: We do have some non-power areas that are growing pretty quickly, We call them signal path products, which are a relatively small...
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