Technology and the Internet
A pending merger between one of the country’s major computer microchip makers and a Japanese semiconductor giant has touched off a Reagan Administration review of the possible implications for national security, officials said Friday.
Nov. 1, 1986
Most days at lunchtime, Charlie Sporck pulls on his walking shoes and heads for the 14-acre park on the grounds of National Semiconductor’s headquarters here.
Dec. 1, 1987
Donald W. Brooks has been named president and chief executive of Mountain View, Calif.
Jan. 3, 1985
A San Diego high-tech firm said Sunday it is willing to buy the defense-related operations of Fairchild Semiconductor if the federal government decides the pending sale of those businesses to a Japanese firm endangers national security.
Jan. 12, 1987
Archives
Duane Wadsworth has been collecting pieces for the last seven years.
May 29, 2007
International Business Machines joined hundreds of corporations that have announced stock repurchase programs since the stock market took a nose dive last week.
Oct. 28, 1987
Business
To some it was like selling Mount Vernon to the redcoats: Fairchild Semiconductor, a pioneer of America’s high-technology industries and the mother company of Silicon Valley, was being purchased by foreign rival Fujitsu of Japan.
Nov. 30, 1987
Gilbert F. Amelio, president of Rockwell Communication Systems, will succeed Charles E.
Jan. 11, 1991
National Semiconductor, whose outspoken president left Fairchild Semiconductor two decades ago, agreed on Monday to buy the struggling Silicon Valley pioneer for $122 million.
Sept. 1, 1987
He once told a Senate hearing that the only way to stop unfair competition and save the U.S. semiconductor industry was to beat Japan over the head with a baseball bat until it agreed to fair trade practices.