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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’s New Thermal Management Sensor Provides Highest Accuracy for Extended Temperature Environments

October 16, 2008 - National Semiconductor's LM95172Q digital temperature sensor monitors automotive system temperature up to 175 degrees C and delivers +/- 1 degree C accuracy between 130 degrees C and 160 degrees C.

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National Semiconductor Expands Family of Precision Temperature Sensors with Patent-Pending TruTherm Technology

August 28, 2006 - National Semiconductor's family of high-precision, remote-diode temperature sensors employs National's TruTherm™ thermal management technology with transistor-mode beta compensation. These sensors are specifically designed for applications such as computer notebooks, desktops and servers that are powered by high-performance microprocessors manufactured on 65 and 90 nm processes.

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National Semiconductor Introduces Industry’s First 1.5V Analog Temp Sensors with Selectable Gains, Enabling Increased Performance in Low-voltage Systems

June 27, 2005 - National Semiconductor's LM94021 and LM94022 are the industry's first 1.5V analog temperature sensors with user-selectable gains, which increase thermal management performance in low-voltage systems. The LM94021 and LM94022, which have four user-selectable gains, monitor temperature from -50 degrees Celsius (C) to 150 degrees C. These temperature sensors' wide range of operation, flexibility and low-power performance make them ideal for low-voltage, battery-powered systems such as cellular phones, PDAs, MP3 players and digital cameras.

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National Semiconductor Technology Revolutionizes Temperature Sensing for Sub-Micron CPUs, ASICs and FPGAs

February 28, 2005 - National's revolutionary TruTherm™ technology uses a new measuring technique to provide pinpoint-accurate temperature measurements in sub-micron processors with integrated thermal diodes.

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New Thermal Management Product from National Semiconductor Provides Design Flexibility for Fan Control Applications in Notebook and Desktop Computers

September 9, 2002 - The LM63, a +/- 1 degree C accuracy remote diode temperature sensor with integrated fan control. The pulse width modulated (PWM) signal output of National’s LM63 controls the fan speed based on the temperature of the remote diode sensor. The flexibility in fan control programming in this device enables the same design to be used with different fans and processors, which will reduce design cost for systems providers.

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Three New Thermal Management Products from National Semiconductor Maximize PC Processor Performance, System Reliability and Battery Life

February 25, 2002 - Powering best-in-class technology, packaging and performance for next-generation thermal management products, the LM85, LM86 and LM90 are three new analog products that maximize processor performance in notebook computers, PC desktops, workstations and servers, as well as other CPU-based systems such as Thin Clients, PDAs and WebPAD devices.

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National Semiconductor Introduces Two New Temperature Sensors Designed to Safeguard Systems

June 25, 2001 - The LM88 dual remote diode temperature comparator, and the LM26 temperature sensor, featuring a customized, preset thermostat trip point with analog temperature sensing output.

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National Semiconductor Announces World's Smallest Digital Temperature Sensor

July 17, 2000 - The world's smallest digital temperature sensor - the LM74 in a 1.6 by 1.6 millimeter surface-mount micro SMD package.

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