Fairchild Semiconductor
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Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fairchild Semiconductor canonical | 45 |
| Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation | 1 |
| Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T140792 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairchild Semiconductor Context triple: [Robert N. Noyce, employer, Fairchild Semiconductor]
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A.
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was a pioneering Silicon Valley research and development company founded by Nobel laureate William Shockley that became the seed for many later semiconductor firms, including those started by the "traitorous eight."
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B.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
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C.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
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D.
NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation is a leading American technology company best known for designing powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) and AI computing platforms used in gaming, data centers, and high-performance computing.
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E.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairchild Semiconductor Target entity description: Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
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A.
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was a pioneering Silicon Valley research and development company founded by Nobel laureate William Shockley that became the seed for many later semiconductor firms, including those started by the "traitorous eight."
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B.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
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C.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
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D.
NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation is a leading American technology company best known for designing powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) and AI computing platforms used in gaming, data centers, and high-performance computing.
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E.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct company
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semiconductor company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | ON Semiconductor ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dissolved | 2016 ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
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linked to:
Fairchild Semiconductor
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| foundedBy |
Eugene Kleiner
ⓘ
Gordon Moore ⓘ
linked to:
Gordon E. Moore
Jay Last ⓘ Jean Hoerni ⓘ Julius Blank ⓘ Robert Noyce ⓘ
linked to:
Robert N. Noyce
Sheldon Roberts ⓘ Sherman Fairchild ⓘ Victor Grinich ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
Advanced Micro Devices
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Intel ⓘ
linked to:
Intel Corporation
Intersil ⓘ LSI Logic ⓘ Maxim Integrated ⓘ Monolithic Memories ⓘ National Semiconductor ⓘ Signetics ⓘ VLSI Technology ⓘ
linked to:
VLSI technology
Xicor ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Mountain View, California
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linked to:
Mountain View, California, United States
San Jose, California ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose, California, United States
South Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
central role in development of Silicon Valley
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central role in development of modern integrated circuit industry ⓘ |
| inception | 1957 ⓘ |
| industry |
electronics industry
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semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early integrated circuits
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helping create Silicon Valley ⓘ pioneering planar process technology ⓘ spawning numerous spin-off companies ⓘ |
| locationFounded |
Mountain View, California
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linked to:
Mountain View, California, United States
|
| nickname | Fairchildren (for its spin-off companies) ⓘ |
| notableEmployee |
Andrew Grove
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linked to:
Andrew S. Grove
Charles Sporck ⓘ Don Valentine ⓘ Gordon Moore ⓘ
linked to:
Gordon E. Moore
Jerry Sanders ⓘ Leslie Vadasz ⓘ Robert Noyce ⓘ
linked to:
Robert N. Noyce
Wilfred Corrigan ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
integrated circuit
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linear integrated circuit ⓘ logic IC ⓘ operational amplifier ⓘ planar transistor ⓘ power semiconductor device ⓘ µA709 ⓘ µA741 ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Fairchild Camera and Instrument ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
development of the planar transistor in 1959
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introduction of early monolithic integrated circuits ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | FCS ⓘ |
| tradedOn | NASDAQ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fairchild Semiconductor Description of subject: Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Traitorous Eight
linked to: Fairchild Semiconductor
Cramming more components onto integrated circuits
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authorAffiliationAtTime
→
Fairchild Semiconductor
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subject linked to:
“Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”
subject linked to:
FCS
linked to: Fairchild Semiconductor
subject linked to:
Noyce
subject linked to:
Doris Fisher Kleiner
subject linked to:
Widlar bandgap reference (attributed)