Fairchild Semiconductor to Exhibit Power-Efficient Products at IIC-China 2006


South Portland, Maine--February 23, 2006--Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier of high-performance products that optimize system power, today announced that the company will highlight its power product portfolio and Global Power Resource(TM) design centers at the International IC-China Conference & Exhibition (IIC-China), beginning in Shanghai, March 6. Through interactive demonstrations, Fairchild will show its power-efficient solutions for motor, lighting, DC/DC, AC/DC and signal conditioning applications.

With spiraling demands to increase and improve performance, reduce standby power and EMI, decrease board size, complexity and weight, and improve power factor correction performance, designers face a daunting, and sometimes conflicting, set of design requirements. Fairchild's Global Power Resource design centers provide system power expertise with its staff of power experts, who partner closely with customers to optimize and develop innovative designs. With eight centers worldwide, including three located in China, these application-specific design centers provide customers with power management solutions for consumer, ultra-portable, automotive, computing and communications applications. Additionally, Fairchild has implemented design, selection and educational tools into its web site at www.fairchildsemi.com/designcenter for 24/7 availability of tools for optimizing power applications.

"With the insatiable demand for electronics and the need to conform to power-efficiency regulations, the ability to conserve power--whether in the chipset or implementation of topologies--is critical," said Helen Wong, director of marketing for Asia Pacific. "IIC-China is an ideal forum for Fairchild to demonstrate its products, technologies and strong technical and design resources, which all serve to optimize customers' designs."

The world's largest system design event, the 11th Annual International IC-China Conference & Exhibition, will be held in Shanghai from March 6-7, Shenzhen from March 10-11 and Beijing from March 13-14. Fairchild will exhibit in booth IH05 in Shanghai, booth 8D19 in Shenzhen and booth E11 Beijing. For complete information on Fairchild's upcoming events, please visit: www.fairchildsemi.com/tradeshow.

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®, 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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