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Line 184: ===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 to a 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}} The original [[Intersil]] was founded by Jean Hoerni in 1967, a founding member of the original Fairchild semiconductor division in 1957. Intersil had undergone the same fate of being a reconstituted namesake company. On September 6, 2001 Fairchild Semiconductor announced the acquisition of Impala Linear Corporation, based in San Jose, CA 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 PDA's. Line 192 ⟶ 190: 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\|accessdate=2016-01-08}}</ref> ~~Kirk Pond remained as Chairman of the board.~~ Prior to joining Fairchild, Dr. Thompson served as CEO of Big Bear Networks. He also serves on the board of directors of American Science and Engineering, Inc. in Massachusetts. Thompson holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina and a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York. 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\|accessdate=2016-01-08}}</ref> Mark Thompson, then CEO, became Chairman. Fairchild Semiconductor celebrates a symbolic 50th anniversary of the original Fairchild semiconductor division which was established in 1957 and its 10th year as being the newly reconstituted Fairchild. 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.

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