60 years ago this year, two of the Fairchild founders, in a deal set up by Arthur Rock, left to form a new semiconductor company in Mountain View. Later two more of the Fairchild founders joined the new company. To avoid getting sued by Fairchild it initially focussed on supplying the military. JFETS were the …
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