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National Semiconductor Celebrated 50 Years of Industry Leadership and Launched Sixth Decade Focused on Energy
May 27, 2009 - Today, National Semiconductor Corp. is celebrating its 50th anniversary. National’s story is one intricately woven into the history of the high-tech industry. When the company was founded, computers were the size of buildings, telephones were wired to walls, televisions were boxes filled with tubes and humans had not yet left the earth’s atmosphere. National’s many technological innovations have shaped the industry and left their mark on the world.
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National Semiconductor Corporation Worldwide Headquarters, Santa Clara, California.
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Main corridor, National Semiconductor Corporation Worldwide Headquarters, Santa Clara, California.
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One of the latest wearable scanners, together with UPS Logistics Group's proprietary information systems, provides real time information and global supply chain visibility to National Semiconductor and more than 4,000 of its customers worldwide.
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National Semiconductor's Global Distribution Center is located in Singapore and is operated for National by the UPS Logistics Group. The 98,000 square foot state-of-the-art "intelligent" facility employs approximately 250 people, and is capable of shipping more than 4 billion National chips per year.
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A manufacturing associate wears a "bunnysuit" while handling wafers at this 1200-degree Centigrade furnace.
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At National Semiconductor's wafer fabrication plant in Arlington, Texas, many manufacturing processes are computerized.
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National's wafer fabrication facility in South Portland, Maine, houses the latest sub-micron manufacturing equipment. Containers in foreground, called pods, protect wafers from dust particles.
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A National Semiconductor manufacturing associate peers through a microscope to check tiny wafer die for defects.
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National Semiconductor's wafer fabrication facility in Arlington, Texas, specializes in analog processes.
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National's wafer manufacturing facility in South Portland, Maine, is a state of the art chip making plant that employs approximately 650 people.
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National Semiconductor's wafer manufacturing plant in Greenock, Scotland, manufactures analog microchips used in computers, cell phones, and many other types of electronic equipment.
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National Semiconductor's wafer manufacturing facility in Greenock, Scotland, opened in 1970.
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