Fairchild Semiconductor Expands Global Power Resource(TM) Design Centers in China - Bringing System Design Expertise Closer to Customers; Qingdao Design Center Specializes in Home Appliance Applications
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dec. 15, 2005—
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global
supplier of high performance products that optimize system power,
expands its Global Power Resource(TM) design centers with the
addition of a facility in Qingdao, China. This new design center
provides power system solutions for worldwide manufacturers of white
goods and consumer applications, and specifically for local Chinese
suppliers such as Haire, the world's third largest producer of
refrigerators.
Fairchild selected Qingdao, China in order to bring system experts
close to industry leaders in the manufacturing of white goods and
consumer applications. This is important as home appliance (air
conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and microwave ovens)
unit production in China is expected to grow 14% between 2004 and
2008, according to iSuppli (October 2005).
"Fairchild is able to identify opportunities to increase
efficiency and functionality in power management systems and deliver
innovative solutions by working closely with our customers. Our Global
Power Resource design centers also minimize part count and total cost,
and we partner with our customers to implement these solutions in end
product designs," says Rexin Wang, vice president Technical &
Applications Center, Asia Pacific.
The strength of the Qingdao power design center is its technical
staff with years of experience in system design, extensive
understanding of products and technologies, and solid experience in
the industry working with customers to optimize system power.
Utilizing Fairchild's power efficient products, the Qingdao Global
Power Resource design center leverages its expertise to provide
solutions that simplify motor design, energy efficiency, and reduce
board space for applications such as high definition and LCD TVs,
inverter types of air conditioners, and cell phone designs.
Fairchild's worldwide Global Power Resource network consists of
power design centers, system application experts, online design tools,
evaluation boards, tutorials, and joint research and development labs.
These design centers are staffed with system design experts who work
closely with customers to solve their design challenges and speed
their product's time-to-market. To enhance and broaden support for its
customers, Fairchild has integrated resources on its website with
design, selection and educational tools for customers to access and
optimize designs in real time.
Fairchild's customer-centric Global Power Resource design centers
are located in:
-- Germany;
-- Korea;
-- Taiwan;
-- Shenzhen and Shanghai, China; and
-- Texas and Illinois, USA.
In 2006, an additional center will be opened in China, and three
more will be added in Brazil, Japan and Korea, bringing the total
number of Global Power Resource design centers to 12 worldwide.
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.
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