Fairchild Semiconductor Wins Excellent Supplier Award for Contribution to Mobile Handset Designs in China from Longcheer

Fairchild received an Excellent Supplier Award from Longcheer, an independent design house for mobile handsets. Longcheer is an industry leader in China, the largest mobile handset market in the world. Fairchild has been providing its leading edge power management and analog switch solutions for Longcheer's mobile handset designs for more than five years.

Fairchild Semiconductor Recognized as One of the “Most Popular Semiconductor Brands in China” for 2007

China Electronics News (CEN) Readers and Industry Practitioners Endorse Fairchild’s Leadership Position as The Power Franchise®

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier of high-performance products that drive energy-efficiency, has received a “Most Popular Semiconductor Brands in China Award 2007” from CEN. International and local Chinese brands were eligible to compete in this prestigious industry award, and were judged according to four criteria: 1) brand influence; 2) sales performance; 3) technology and services superiority; and 4) localization (must provide excellent local support and services in terms of R&D, manufacturing, procurement and sales).

Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Awarded "Best Workplace" in Korea

Fairchild Semiconductor was awarded "Best Workplace" in Korea, by Hankyoreh Newspaper Company – one of the most renouned daily newspapers in Korea. Fairchild received the award in March, 2008 and was based on its sound labor and management relations, top level welfare system, fun-management effort and corproate citizenship efforts. This award was a result of a research project by major Korean universities.

J.C.Yoo, HR director of Fairchild Korea, received the award.

Fairchild Semiconductor Listed as One of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens"

Fairchild Semiconductor was recognized as one of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" by CRO Magazine in their annual ranking of public companies in the United States. Fairchild was recognized for their sustainability initiatives and corporate responsibility actions. In compiling the 100 Best, CRO ranked the corporate responsibility efforts of large-cap companies from the Russell 1000 index in eight categories: Climate Change, Employee Relations, Environment, Financial, Governance, Human Rights, Lobbying and Philanthropy. Transparency is an important component of corporate responsibility and the results were based on publicly-available data from company financial disclosures, sustainability, environment and citizenship reports, websites, EPA databases and a number of other sources as part of a standardized research processes.

Fairchild Semiconductor Named a Top 100 Employer by Electronic Design Magazine

Fairchild Semiconductor has been named one of “The Top 100 Employers in Electronic Design” in a survey conducted by Electronics Design (ED) magazine. Fairchild placed 24 out of 100 total companies that lead in design influence, hiring patterns, rich patent and IP portfolios and substantial R&D budgets. Among the companies on the list that provide both analog power ICs and discrete solutions, Fairchild ranked the highest. The well-known publication based the survey on extensive market and media data as well as reader input that measured employee satisfaction.

Taiwan's Intellectual Property Bureau names System General in Best Contributor and Best Patented Invention categories

System General, the Taiwan-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairchild Semiconductor targeting worldwide AC/DC off-line power conversion applications, has won two of Taiwan's prestigious National Invention Awards 2007. The awards were made in three categories: Best Contributor, Best Patented Invention and Best Patented Design. System General was successful in the Best Contributor category, and its PWM controller with off-time modulation for power conversion was a silver award winner in the Best Patented Invention category. The awards, introduced in 1992 to encourage local Taiwan companies to focus their efforts on invention and innovation, are organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs Intellectual Property Bureau and examined more than 300 total entries.

Fairchild Semiconductor Honored with Korean Customs Service Award

Fairchild Semiconductor announced the Korean Customs Service has recently honored Fairchild with the “Fair Partner” award for exemplary business operation and performance. The award was presented by Yun-kap Seong, commissioner of Korea Customs Service, to Young-jo Jang, director, Equipment Technology Team, Bucheon Operations, Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd.

Fairchild Semiconductor Mountaintop was recently recognized for and awarded the 2006 Business & Education Partnership Award by the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce

Fairchild Semiconductor Mountaintop was recently recognized for and awarded the 2006 Business & Education Partnership Award by the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce for their creation and successful completion of a self-developed project entitled Project Einstein. This is the second time in three years that Fairchild Semiconductor has received this honor, although the Chamber prefers to acknowledge a new awardee as often as possible, they could not overlook the accomplishments of this project.

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Fairchild Recognized By Maine Governor For Environmental Initiative

Four Maine companies who have committed to beyond environmental compliance goals in an effort to strive towards a more sustainable way of doing business were recognized by Governor Baldacci. A formal signing by the Governor of their ( STEP-UP: S mart T racks for E xceptional P erformers and U pward P erformers) agreements took place:

Fairchild Semiconductor Again Receives Maine Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence

Fairchild Semiconductor received the Maine Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence and has been honored in the “Pollution Prevention” category for the invention and use of an environmentally-friendly detergent to remove ink from wafers at the company's South Portland facility. With this new approach, Fairchild achieved yet another one of its commitments to the Step-Up Program (Smart Tracks for Exceptional Performers and Upward Performers) by reducing VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions to the lowest possible level with current technology.

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