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Fairchild

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Fairchild

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Discussed for its R&D focus in the 1960s observed

stale · evidence 6d ago 7 sources no confidence data
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Funding
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Adoption
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downloads / week
Developer
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momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings

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Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. rumor ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4B in Cash ↗
  2. rumor Fairchild Semiconductor Acquired for $2B ↗
  3. rumor ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4B in Cash ↗
  4. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  5. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  6. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗

Narrative vs. reality SEC filings beyond reported funding

Reported narrative · Tier 2
No reported round on record.
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
3 Form D
latest filed 2013-03-29 · none near the reported round

The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.

Regulatory filings SEC EDGAR · primary source

Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 3 filings, latest 2013-03-29.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.13

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 484 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 484 The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving 2024-09-01 ↗

Raw observations 21 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Fairchild observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 484 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10587221", "title": "ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4B in Cash", "points": 36, "created_at": "2015-11-18", "evidence_type": " observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10587221", "title": "ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4B in Cash", "points": 36, "created_at": "2015-11-18", "evidence_type": " observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10587221", "title": "ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4B in Cash", "points": 36, "created_at": "2015-11-18", "evidence_type": " observed artifact ↗ 2015-11-19 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10587221", "title": "ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4B in Cash", "points": 36, "created_at": "2015-11-18", "evidence_type": " observed artifact ↗ 2015-11-19 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10587221", "title": "ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4B in Cash", "points": 36, "created_at": "2015-11-18", "evidence_type": " observed artifact ↗ 2015-11-19 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418301", "title": "The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving", "points": 484, "created_at": "2024-09-01"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418301", "title": "The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving", "points": 484, "created_at": "2024-09-01"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418301", "title": "The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving", "points": 484, "created_at": "2024-09-01"} observed artifact ↗ 2024-09-01 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418301", "title": "The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving", "points": 484, "created_at": "2024-09-01"} observed artifact ↗ 2024-09-01 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418301", "title": "The Pentium as a Navajo Weaving", "points": 484, "created_at": "2024-09-01"} observed artifact ↗ 2024-09-01 normalized 0.20
description Discussed for its R&D focus in the 1960s observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
index.ai_tie NOT_AI observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
sec.cik 0001502928 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.count 3 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001502928", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2013-03-29", "accession": "0001502928-13-000001", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1502928/000150292813000001/0001502928-13-000001- observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.latest_filed 2013-03-29 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.related_persons {"filed": "2013-03-29", "persons": [{"last_name": "Fairchild Offshore Master GP LLC", "first_name": "n/a", "clarification": "General Partner", "relationships": ["Promoter"]}, {"last_name": "Garrison I observed url 2013-03-29 normalized 0.99
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50