Fairchild Semiconductor Expands Product Offerings in Power Conversion / Battery Management and Signal Processing

Business Wire, Oct 4, 2000

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000

Acquisitions Result in a Broader Portfolio

and Enhanced Design Capabilities

Fairchild Semiconductor International's (NYSE:FCS) latest two acquisitions continue to build the company's rapidly growing Analog business, adding over 550 new products.

KOTA Microcircuits, a Loveland, Colo., firm, and San Jose, Calif.-based Micro Linear Corporation's Power Management business have joined Fairchild's Analog and Mixed-Signal Group. These acquisitions are additional examples of Fairchild's commitment to aggressively grow its Analog business through innovative product development and portfolio expansion.

The Micro Linear purchase expands Fairchild's power management, DC:DC conversion and PFC/PWM-controller IC product offerings. The acquisition further enhances the company's significant presence in targeted growth areas such as computing, communications and handheld/portable applications. Fairchild also complements its analog signal-processing portfolio with Micro Linear's video filters, drivers and genlock/sync generators.

The acquisition of KOTA Microcircuits boosts Fairchild's analog-signal processing offering in the cellphone and PDA markets with high-speed op-amps. Combined, the new product offerings allow designers to meet the high-frequency and low-power requirements in next-generation portable products. Fairchild's spectrum of optimized process technologies, including Bipolar, CMOS, BiCMOS and DMOS, will be used for continued innovative development for all analog and mixed-signal applications.

Over the last two and one-half years, Fairchild has significantly broadened its portfolio of power management, signal processing and data conversion solutions. This portfolio targets the fast-growing telecommunications, computing, and portable products markets with innovative solutions for battery management, power regulation, motor control, and system supervision. Through new product development and acquisitions, the company's Analog business is now fourth in the power IC marketplace following rapid growth over the past three years.

Fairchild's design expertise includes MCU, PWM, LDO and programmable devices. Fairchild's Analog solutions perform over a full range of voltages and currents from high-voltage off-line switching to low-voltage regulation and micropower. Fairchild will continue to develop leading-edge solutions by combining complementary signal processing functions, system-smart micro-controller/memory elements and innovative packaging technologies.

For more information on these and other Analog products, please contact the Fairchild Semiconductor Customer Support Group at 888/522-5372, fax 972/910-8036 or visit the company's Web site at http://www.fairchildsemi.com.

About Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor International (www.fairchildsemi.com) is a global company solely focused on designing, manufacturing and marketing high-performance semiconductors for multiple end market uses. Fairchild's multi-market components are used in computer, telecommunications, automotive, consumer and industrial applications. Supplying power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products, Fairchild is filling the gap in the global supply of building block semiconductors. The company is headquartered in South Portland, Maine, USA, with 10,000 employees worldwide. Additional manufacturing facilities are located in Utah, South Korea, China, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, with regional sales offices throughout the world.

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