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Seeking
to
increase
its
footprint
in
China,
Fairchild
Semiconductor
has
added
power
design
centers
in
Shanghai
and
Shenzhen
and
increased
headcount
and
capacity
at
its
less
than
year-old
Suzhou
facility.
The
design
centers,
which
Fairchild
calls
Global
Power
Resource
Centers,
are
designed
to
provide
comprehensive
power
design
solutions
for
electronic
applications
in
the
Asian
end
markets
of
consumer,
computing
and
telecom
systems,
and
in
power
supplies
for
electronic
devices.
The
Shenzhen
and
Shanghai
Centers
can
provide
demo
boards,
detailed
bill
of
materials
information,
and
turnkey
designs.
Besides
Shanghai
and
Shenzhen,
Fairchild's
other
Far
East
design
centers
are
in
Bucheon,
Korea,
and
Taipei,
Taiwan.
Fairchild's
assembly
and
test
facility
and
automated
warehouse
in
Suzhou,
originally
opened
last
September,
is
also
expanding.
The
facility
initially
employed
570,
but
now
employs
820.
By
2005,
Suzhou
is
expected
to
employ
nearly
2,000
and
upon
completion
of
the
second
phase
of
the
plant's
expansion,
will
house
3,500.
According
to
market
research
firm
Gartner,
Fairchild
was
ranked
in
2003
as
the
third
largest
supplier
of
analog
ICs
in
Asia
and
top
supplier
of
power
semiconductors
in
China.
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