Editing Fairchild Semiconductor (section)

===1980s===
In 1980, under Schlumberger management, the Fairchild Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research (FLAIR) was started within Fairchild Research.<ref>
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In 1985 the lab was separated to form Schlumberger Palo Alto Research (SPAR).

Fairchild research developed the [[Clipper architecture]], a 32-bit [[RISC]]-like computer architecture, in the 1980s, resulting in the shipping of the C100 chip in 1986. The technology was later sold to [[Intergraph]], its main customer.

Schlumberger sold Fairchild to [[National Semiconductor]] in 1987 for $200 million.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0318/076.html |title=Do Oil and Data Mix? |magazine=Forbes |access-date=January 8, 2016}}</ref> The sale did not include Fairchild's Test Division, which designed and produced [[automated test equipment]] (ATE) for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, nor did it include Schlumberger Palo Alto Research.

In the early 1980s, Fairchild was one of several silicon valley tech companies involved in a lawsuit brought on by residents of San Jose, California. The case pertained to industrial solvent contamination of ground water and soil in San Jose's Los Paseos neighborhood. A settlement was reached and the area designated a superfund. Superfund site cleanup ended in 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/05/us/toxic-water-suit-is-settled.html|title=Toxic-Water Suit Is Settled|work=The New York Times |date=July 5, 1986|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>