Fairchild Semiconductor to Feature Innovative Power Products and New Web-Based Power Supply Toolkit at PCIM Europe 2004

Business Wire, May 19, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PCIM Europe 2004

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS), the leading supplier of high performance products that optimize power, will demonstrate a new online interactive design tool, advanced product innovations and present technical papers at PCIM Europe 2004. This conference, a leading worldwide exhibition for power electronics, will be held May 25th through 27th in Nuremberg, Germany. Fairchild is the number one supplier of power semiconductors worldwide, offering products for virtually every electronic application to fully optimize the management, conversion, minimization and distribution of system power.

Exhibiting in booth #601, Fairchild will showcase additions to its power portfolio and demonstrate the performance of these advanced power products in a variety of systems. These demos offer a sampling of Fairchild's most innovative products spanning the automotive, industrial, communications, computing, and consumer markets. Fairchild will also demonstrate their suite of Web-based design tools that enable designers to dramatically reduce design cycle times and speed time-to-market. Among these tools is Fairchild's new Power Supply Toolkit, a state-of-the-art online tool which includes tutorials, selection tools, and design aids to support designers with their specific applications requirements.

Fairchild will present technical papers based on new technologies on May 25th and 26th. Presentations and technical sessions include:

-- "New High Voltage Power MOSFET: Fairchild's SuperFET";

-- "Investigations of the Influence of PCB Layout Parasitic

Inductances in DC/DC Converters on Efficiency";

-- "The Road to 200 amp at 1V VRM";

-- "Fairchild's Smart Power Module (SPM(TM)) Technology:

Innovation for Enhanced System Performance"; and

-- "Shoot-Through Analysis with Parasitic Inductance" in a

poster/dialogue session.

"PCIM Europe is an ideal forum to demonstrate Fairchild's innovative power products and online support for multiple end markets," said Dr. Izak Bencuya, chief strategy officer, executive vice president and general manager Power Discrete Group. "As the Power Franchise(R), Fairchild provides power solutions that address critical design challenges in power electronics. This solutions based expertise is highly visible in the design tools, silicon technology and paper presentations offered at the show." For more information about Fairchild's participation at PCIM Europe, visit http://www.fairchildsemi.com/tradeshow/pcimeuro04.html

About PCIM Europe

PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe is the leading meeting-point for experts in the areas of power electronics, intelligent motion, and power quality. For 14 years, the PCIM Exhibition and Conference has been located in Nuremberg, Germany. The combined forum of "exhibition and conference under one roof" is unique in Europe and is recognized worldwide. For more information about the conference, see www.mesago.de

About Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of high performance products for multiple end markets. With a focus on developing leading edge power and interface solutions to enable the electronics of today and tomorrow, Fairchild's components are used in computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive applications. Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products from its headquarters in South Portland, Maine, USA and numerous locations around the world. Contact us on the Web at www.fairchildsemi.com.