Fairchild Semiconductor Earns Award From International Component Users

    DALLAS--May 10, 2001--Fairchild Semiconductor International today announced it has been awarded the prestigious Silver Medal for 2000 by STACK International, one of the world's largest components users groups. Darrell Mayeux, Fairchild's executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, accepted the award at the semi-annual meeting of the STACK directors, held here.
    "Our members work closely together to enhance industry-wide quality and service while reducing costs and risk of ownership," said STACK Chairman Gianni Bertolini. "We've set very high standards and this annual award is our way of recognizing the suppliers that have reached levels of excellence in performance." STACK members cast their votes for these awards based on companies' quality, delivery and service. The world's leading semiconductor companies are eligible for the award.
    "We're honored to be recognized by STACK, because it's an extremely important industry organization," said Mayeux. "We're especially pleased because many of our top customers are members of the group. The work that STACK does is critical to our industry. The rating and recognition of competitors challenges us to continually improve. Four years ago when we became a new company one of our strategic imperatives was providing superior customer service. This award validates our commitment to our customers and the support from our global teams to provide best-in-class quality, delivery and service."
    "Fairchild understands that we must be vigilant about working with our customers, so that we exceed their requirements, and we will continue to focus our efforts on making it easy for our customers to do business with Fairchild," Mayeux continued. "By doing so, we're ensuring that they can consistently deliver the highest quality products on time and on budget. In this highly competitive environment, we're gratified to receive the recognition that ranks Fairchild among the best suppliers in the world by the constituencies most valuable to us - our customers."

STACK's impressive membership includes:

Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation    AG Communication Systems
The Boeing Company                      Boeing Satellite Systems (USA)
Celestica                               Crane Eldec Corporation
Honeywell                               Italtel
Litton Guidance and Control Systems     Lockheed Martin
Lucent Technologies                     Marconi Communications
Nortel Networks                         Northrop Grumman
Pace Micro Technology                   Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Siemens Communication Ltd.              Smiths Industries