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Phil manages the technical sales and customer experience process for National Semiconductor Corporation. Phil and Team anticipate customer requirements and turn those into powerful easy to use interfaces that deliver results.
Business process, online and offline tools, content management, applications IP development, power systems design, e-commerce, and lead generation and management are just a few of the areas integrated in the National experience.
National's internet web sites are consistently recognized with awards for innovation for creativity and advanced design capabilities. The WEBENCH® Designer environment delivers high performance analog designs AND ease of use. Now, with the addition of WEBENCH® Power Architect and WEBENCH® LED Architect, expert system designers can leverage ease of use AND deliver designs beyond the skills of any human in seconds.
Phil strives to put the best technical knowledge at a customer's fingertips as quickly as possible to make their creativity a reality.
Phil holds a BSEE from UC Davis and an MBA from USC.
We are always open to new ideas on how to improve our web site.
Please send us your comments and feedback or try out our new SuperFooter!
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 Phil Gibson
VP, Marketing & Web Operations
National Semiconductor Corporation
3689 Kifer Road, M/S G1-120
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 721-6816
phil.gibson@nsc.com
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Significant National Semiconductor Web Events
| 2011 |
| June 21, 2011 |
WEBENCH® Optimizer Dial patent awarded #7,966,588 to allow our customers to balance the design of a circuit across size, cost, and efficiency simply by turning a dial. The use of the Optimizer Dial is explained here. |
| May 3, 2011 |
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH FPGA Power Architect Wins EDN Magazine Innovation of the Year award for software. Easily configure and optimize FPGA and total system power supply architectures quickly. Turn the Optimizer Dial across size, efficiency, and cost for complete systems with confidence |
| April 4, 2011 |
Texas Instruments to acquire National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion |
| March 29, 2011 |
Electronic Pitch Pak (E-Pitch Pak) Patent No. 7917485 awarded for electronic delivery of customized product information for sales, distributors, and customers |
| March 15, 2011 |
National Semiconductor's Releases the WEBENCH Processor Power Architect initially supporting ARM based processors from Freescale and Atmel. WEBENCH Processor Power Architect delivers the unique and precise voltages at multiple levels including voltage, current, ripple, noise filtering, synchronization, soft start, and supply separation to meet all system constraints while saving time and system cost in the process |
| February 22, 2011 |
National Semiconductor's Releases the WEBENCH Toolset in Russian to go with Chinese and Japanese |
| January 24, 2011 |
National Semiconductor revolutionizes the design of sensor systems by with Configurable Sensor AFE Products and software. WEBENCH Sensor AFE Designer simplifies the design of complete precision sensor channels for control and monitoring applications in minutes |
| 2010 |
| September 13, 2010 |
National Semiconductor Launches New WEBENCH FPGA Power Architect with the addition of 130 FPGA templates for the quick reliable configuration of complex FPGA power rail needs. Size, efficiency, and cost are optimized across every constraint with the turn of the WEBENCH® Optimizer Dial. Squeeze more performance and lower FPGA system cost with confidence. |
| August 30, 2010 |
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH® LED Architect takes desired lumens and delivers complete LED component selection, LED topology, matching thermally optimized heat sink, and complete drive electronics in a few clicks. Everything is optimized with the turn of the WEBENCH® Optimizer Dial. Complete solutions easy and quick. |
| August 23, 2010 |
National releases WEBENCH® Designer portfolio of tools in Japanese and Chinese for both online and offline clients, speeding the design of Power, Lighting, and Sensing designs |
| June 5, 2010 |
National's new Web site integrates configurable and interactive search tables for App Notes, Videos, and Board Design Resources. Also, with the addition of the new site wide SuperFooter, customers can review personal designs and order history, create part collections, or get technical support from any page |
| April 26, 2010 |
National's WEBENCH® Visualizer wins EDN's Innovation of the Year award for 2009 |
| January 25, 2010 |
National releases WEBENCH Power Architect to create optimized multi-rail, multi-load power bus architectures for complete Power Supply Systems. This leverages the selection algorithms from WEBENCH Visualizer |
| 2009 |
| November 11, 2009 |
National releases New Product Folders with integrated visual feature comparisons and integrated videos |
| November 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 21, 2008 |
HotWire Patent No. 7441219 awarded for a method of creating, modifying, and simulating electrical circuits using a browser over the internet |
| 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 Layout Areas |
| 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
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| 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, Direct 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 |
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