Phil Gibson Biography - National Semiconductor

Significant National Semiconductor Web Events

2009
Nov 11, 2009	National releases New Product Folders with integrated visual feature comparisons and integrated videos
Nov 09, 2009	National releases WEBENCH Visualizer to compare and select the best power supply from billions of alternatives
August 2009	National opens new video portal based on YouTube infrastructure
April 29, 2009	SolarMagic Web Site Introduced
January 27, 2009	Nationals WEBENCH Sensor Designer Wins Electronic Products Magazine's 2008 Product of the Year Award
2008
October 20, 2008	National introduces WEBENCH 5.0 for Power, Lighting, and Sensors. New visual interface changes design. Visual "knob" Optimizes Efficiency, Footprint, and Price Instantly. Never before possible. Design it and buy it in seconds
September 22, 2008	National introduces WEBENCH Sensor Designer for Pressure, Photodiode, and Temperature Sensing Signal Paths for hundreds of sensors
August 21, 2008	WEBENCH Design and Simulation Patent FINALLY awarded Patent No. 7,441,219
2007
October 23, 2007	National provides CAD symbols for entire catalog of products in 11 Formats
October 22, 2007	National introduces WEBENCH for LED Lighting
September 20, 2007	National introduces PowerWise Brand for Energy-Efficient High-Performance Analog Products and this is reflected throughout the site
January 30, 2007	Knob introduced to WEBENCH Designer interface enabling designers to "Dial in" performance
2006
February 21, 2006	Two luminaries, Bob Pease and Howard Johnson talk shop on NationalTV's Analog By Design Show
February 7, 2006	National Semiconductor's WEBENCH Active Filter Designer Tool Receives DesignVision Award from International Engineering Consortium
2005
August 16, 2005	WebTHERM Patent No. 6,931,369 awarded for Thermal Simulation Over A Network
June 6, 2005	National launches WEBENCH Signal-Path Designer Toolset Engineers Can Create Thousands of Matched 8-, 10- and 12-Bit Data Converter/Amplifier Combinations with National Semiconductor's WEBENCH Signal-Path Designer Toolset
April 5, 2005	Online Design Identification and Ordering Patent No. 6,877,033 awarded for Build It!
March 9, 2005	National Semiconductor's WEBENCH Active Filter Designer Named Innovation of the Year in EDN Magazine's 15th Annual Innovator Awards
January 11, 2005	National Semiconductor and Avnet Electronics Marketing Launch Avnet.National.com
January 11, 2005	National Semiconductor and Arrow Electronics Launch Arrow.National.com, a New Web Site Focusing on High-Voltage, High-Power Solutions
2004
December 13, 2004	National launches Active Filter Designer
November 17, 2004	National expands Analog University to 100 new online courses
November 15, 2004	National launches Ethernet Made Easy
November 9, 2004	National launches WEBENCH for Audio Amplifiers
January 13, 2004	WEBENCH Build It Patent No. 6,678,877 awarded for Online Assembly and Simulation
2003
December 15, 2003	National launches Amplifiers Made Simple
September 16, 2003	National launches the Bob Pease Show
June 2, 2003	National launches Solutions.National.Com with 100 Application Diagrams (solutions.national.com)
March 31, 2003	AnalogU released, Knowledgebase.National.Com released Analog University: Fast Learning for Faster Designing National's Analog University (analogu.national.com) Knowledge Base: Targeted Search Results in One Mouse Click (knowledgebase.national.com)
2002
March 18, 2002	WEBENCH named EDN’s Innovation of the Year in electronic design automation tool category
2001
November 5, 2001	National Semiconductor Introduces WEBENCH 3.0, the Industry's Most Advanced Internet-Based Design, Prototyping, and Overnight Delivery Environment
May 17, 2001	24HR Samples introduced for all products
February 24, 2001	MyWebench and My Preferences private site links exposed on the National header for every National visitor
January 24, 2001	WEBENCH Build It! Kits first promoted on Power.National.com home page
January 18, 2001	National 3 column wide home page layout and the introduction of personalized ad banners
2000
Year 2000	National's WEBENCH Web Based Toolset awarded Electronic Products Magazine Product of the Year award
October 16, 2002	National launches WEBENCH 2.0 and introduces online design communities for Power, Information Appliances, and Wireless design including electrical and thermal online simulators
1999
October 25, 1999	National introduces Power.National.com and advanced online design with WEBENCH
September 21, 1999	National main pages translated into 9 languages
March 4, 1999	National Completes First Credit Card Order for the LMC7211BIN to Lucent Technologies
March 1, 1999	National Launches Buy.National.com Some of the key features offered on BUY.NATIONAL.COM include: A Search/Order Parts function that provides links to partner site order forms and inventory availability status in just two clicks Cross Reference Search capability to quickly find equivalent National devices A "My Bill of Materials" page to create private Web sites for bill of material tracking Pricing and Distribution Inventory functions to rapidly build multi-part price and availability tables A Master Selection Guide to view alphabetical links resembling a resale price book Obsolete Product Search function to find older device status and replacements National publishes Internet Content & Exchange (ICE) protocol catalog. National was the first company to syndicate its entire product catalog to business partners and customers. The first site-to-site business relationship went into production with Newark Electronics
February 17, 1999	National introduces Online Simulation with WebSIM
1998
Year 1998	Live connections established to all distribution partners for order status and entry
May 11, 1998	Three new extranet services: Personal Purchasing Bill of Materials, Driect Web Order Entry, and Sales Force administered Personalized Extranet Web Sites for their Top Accounts
March 11, 1998	National wins Business On The Internet BOTI award for best extranet application amongst 1210 applicants from Internet Week
1997
Year 1997	Free worldwide sample order introduced with 1 week delivery
December 9, 1997	National Design Engineering Home Page
November 17, 1997	Cyrix acquired
March 31, 1997	System Diagram Visual Search highlighted as one of 4 available
January 27, 1997	Fairchild sold
1996
Year 1996	Product folders introduced
November 25, 1996	National Semiconductor selected National Information Infrastructure finalist in business support category
October 6, 1996	National Design Engineering Home Page
1995
November 8, 1995	Krakatoa Java Based Interactive Selection Guide