Editing Fairchild Semiconductor (section)

===2000s===
On March 19, 2001, Fairchild Semiconductor announced that it had completed the acquisition of [[Intersil Corporation]]'s discrete power business for approximately $338 million in cash. The acquisition moved Fairchild into position as the second-largest power [[MOSFET]] supplier in the world, representing a 20 percent share of this $3 billion market that grew 40 percent last year.{{When|date=August 2012}}

On September 6, 2001, Fairchild Semiconductor announced the acquisition of Impala Linear Corporation, based in San Jose, California, for approximately $6 million in stock and cash. Impala brought with it expertise in designing analog power management semiconductors for hand-held devices like laptops, MP3 players, cell phones, portable test equipment and PDAs.

On January 9, 2004, Fairchild Semiconductor CEO Kirk Pond was appointed as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, elected by member banks to serve a three-year term.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kirk Pond appointed as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Jan_9/ai_n27786597 |work=Business Wire |date=January 9, 2004}}</ref>

On April 13, 2005, Fairchild announced appointment of Mark Thompson as CEO of the corporation. Thompson would also be President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Fairchild Semiconductor International. He originally joined Fairchild as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Technology Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fairchild announces appointment of Mark Thompson as CEO |url=http://powerelectronics.com/news/semiconductor-vendor-president/ |website=Powerelectronics.com |access-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201055856/http://powerelectronics.com/news/semiconductor-vendor-president/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 15, 2006, Fairchild Semiconductor announced that Kirk P. Pond would retire as Chairman at the company's annual stockholders' meeting on May 3, 2006. Pond would continue as a member of the company’s board of directors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fairchild Semiconductor announces Kirk Pond's retirement as Chairman |url=http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=15035 |website=Powerpulse.net |access-date=January 8, 2016 |date=March 15, 2006}}</ref> Mark Thompson (then CEO) became Chairman.

On September 1, 2007, New Jersey–based RF semiconductor supplier Anadigics acquired Fairchild Semiconductor's RF design team, located in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, for $2.4 million.