Editing Fairchild Semiconductor (section)

===1990s===
In 1997, the reconstituted Fairchild Semiconductor was reborn as an independent company, based in [[South Portland, Maine]], with Kirk Pond as CEO.

On March 11, 1997, National Semiconductor Corporation announced the US$550 million sale of a reconstituted Fairchild to the management of Fairchild with the backing of Sterling LLC, a unit of Citicorp Venture Capital. Fairchild carried with it what was mostly the Standard Products group previously segregated by [[Gil Amelio]].

The Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation announced November 27, 1997, that it would acquire the semiconductor division of the [[Raytheon Corporation]] for about $120 million in cash. The acquisition was completed on December 31, 1997.<ref>{{cite news |title=Acquisition of Raytheon's semiconductor division |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EKF/is_n2201_v44/ai_20153782 |work=Electronic News |date=January 12, 1998}}</ref>

In December 1998, Fairchild announced the acquisition of [[Samsung]]'s power division, which made power [[MOSFET]]s, [[IGBT]]s, etc.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1138164 |title=Fairchild acquires Samsung power group |author=Stephan Ohr |magazine=[[EE Times]] |date=December 21, 1998}}</ref> The deal was finalized in April 1999 for $450 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fairchild+Semiconductor+Completes+the+Acquisition+of+Samsung...-a054375949 |title=Fairchild Semiconductor Completes the Acquisition of Samsung Electronics' Power Device Division. - Free Online Library |website=Thefreelibrary.com |access-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230615/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fairchild+Semiconductor+Completes+the+Acquisition+of+Samsung...-a054375949 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fairchild remained an important supplier for Samsung.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.fairchildsemi.com/2014/samsung-rewards-fairchild-supplier-consecutively-win-coveted-supply-chain-management-award/ |title=Electronics Engineering Blog &#124; Fairchild - Samsung Mobile Rewards Fairchild As The Only Supplier To Consecutively Win Their Coveted Supply Chain Management Award! |website=Blog.fairchildsemi.com |access-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182005/http://blog.fairchildsemi.com/2014/samsung-rewards-fairchild-supplier-consecutively-win-coveted-supply-chain-management-award/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In August 1999, Fairchild Semiconductor again became a publicly traded company on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] with the ticker symbol FCS. Fairchild's South Portland, Maine, and Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, locations are the longest continuously operating semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the world, both operating since 1960.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}