Fairchild Semiconductor Senior Executives to Speak at Key Financial Conferences; Conferences Available Via Webcast for 30 days

Business Wire, April 27, 2006

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- In the paragraph after the listing of conferences, the hyperlink should read investor.fairchildsemi.com (sted www.investor.fairchildsemi.com).

The corrected release reads:

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES TO SPEAK AT KEY FINANCIAL CONFERENCES; CONFERENCES AVAILABLE VIA WEBCAST FOR 30 DAYS

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier of high performance products that optimize system power, today announced that company executives will present at several top financial conferences in May.

Senior Director of Investor Relations, Dan Janson, will present at:

--CSFB Semiconductor and Semiconductor Capital Equipment Conference at CSFB in New York City on Tuesday, May 2 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Executive Vice President and CFO, Mark S. Frey, will present at:

--Piper Jaffray Hardware & Communications Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, May 10 at 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time; and

--2006 Growth Stock Conference hosted by Robert W. Baird & Co. at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, on Thursday, May 11 at 8:30 a.m. Central Time.

President and CEO, Mark Thompson, will present at:

--34th Annual JP Morgan Technology Conference at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, on Tuesday, May 23 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Each presentation will be webcast and available on the Investor Relations section of Fairchild's website, investor.fairchildsemi.com, for thirty days following the event. Access each webcast by clicking on the conference name.

"Fairchild continues to make progress to grow our power and analog businesses, deliver higher value products, and improve gross margins," said Mark Thompson, Fairchild president and CEO. "Through innovation to integrate power functions into single packages we are delivering designs with fewer components, higher reliability and lower costs to our customers. Our Smart Power Modules (SPM(TM)) continue to win designs for motion control applications and our Fairchild Green FPS(TM) meets compelling requirements for low standby power and reduced EMI emissions.

"We are also seeing excellent growth in our analog bookings and sales," continued Thompson. "Our end market demand is strong and broad based with particular strength in the industrial, handset and computing markets. We continue to aggressively manage our supply chain to maintain stable lead times for our analog and more proprietary products. We are on track to continue improving the quality of our business through new products and a higher margin product mix."

About Fairchild Semiconductor:

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is the leading global supplier of high-performance power products critical to today's leading electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments. As The Power Franchise(R), Fairchild offers the industry's broadest portfolio of components that optimize system power. Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products. Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.