Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc.


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The Littlest PC

By Cary Lu |  Sep 1, 1989

Computer company has created a one-pound portable IBM compatible computer.  Read more

It's Job Generation, Stupid

By Bo Burlingham |  Aug 1, 1993

What Bill Clinton had better learn about how jobs, wealth, and individual prosperity are created in America.  Read more

When Venture Capital Was an Adventure

By Eric Markowitz |  Apr 22, 2011

A new documentary film takes a look at the lives of the original rat pack of venture capitalists including Tom Perkins, Arthur Rock, and Don Valentine.  Read more

Silibubble

By Deborah Orr

Chipmakers are looking at one of their best years in 2004. That's why you should avoid them--with certain exceptions Christmas came early for chi...  Read more

Storm Clouds Over Silicon Valley

By Susan Benner |  Sep 1, 1982

As blind faith in the infallibility of high-tech companies falters, the era of unrestrained growth in the Valley may be over.  Read more

From the Very Beginning, Apple Was Born to Grow

By Norman Sklarewitz |  Apr 1, 1979

Apple Computer founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak always expected to get big. Their company was staffed, financed, and designed as if success was a certai...  Read more

Our Real Competitive Edge

By Joel Kotkin |  Sep 1, 1989

Start-ups may be the U.S.' best hope in the high-tech production competition against Japan.  Read more

Different Routes: Xicor Inc.

Aug 1, 1984

At a time when heavily financed, venture-backed companies are failing right and left, Xicor Inc. president and chairman Raphael Klein has emerged as a new...  Read more

The Microchip Goes Golden

By Renee Oricchio |  Sep 12, 2008

It's barely a headline anywhere else. But, imagine where we'd be without it. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the microchip; the first integrated circu...  Read more

Steve Jobs: Timeline of the Entrepreneur

By Eric Markowitz |  Aug 25, 2011

A look at the key milestones--and quotes--that shaped this true visionary's career  View slideshow

14 Inventors We Love

Many inventors--the Edisons and Bells of the world--command our respect. But here is a look at 14 inventors, only some of whom are well known, that command s...  View slideshow

Then and Now: Venture Capital

By Eric Markowitz |  Sep 22, 2011

A new film takes a look at the humble origins of venture capital, while an original VC weighs in on what's changed over the years.  Read more

Tandem Has A Fail-safe Plan For Growth

By Susan Benner |  Jun 1, 1981

If Jim Treybig has his way, his computer company will get bigger without losing its enterpreneurial style.  Read more