Fairchild’s strategic innovation

According to reports, Fairchild recently acquired Xsens Technologies, the world's largest motion sensing company.

Fairchild's COO Vijay Ullal claims that the company will also begin to serve the fastest growing area of ​​the electronics market on the basis of its original business. Fairchild now uses the advanced technologies currently on the equipment to integrate and build smart modules. They want to provide OEMs with the best choices in energy efficiency, mobile devices, and cloud services.

The company will focus on creating a more energy-efficient and smarter eco-environment, and plans to provide distinctive energy efficiency, mobile devices and cloud service products.

The key factor of this strategy is to provide more efficient computing capabilities from smart phones to cloud services. The application of energy efficiency and mobility is promising in mobile phones. How to make mobile phone charging time shorter has brought severe challenges to Fairchild.

At present, Fairchild has an efficient charging control module that can make the phone charge faster and smarter. In addition, Fairchild has added a billion dollars in lighting systems and cloud computing. More in depth, the company also plans to provide more energy-efficient solutions for electric cars, hybrid cars and gasoline cars.

Because internal combustion cars still account for most of the market on the market, improving the fuel efficiency of gasoline vehicles is also part of Fairchild’s strategic plan. The smart car system can reduce the consumption of gasoline when the car is started and braked. In this system, an integrated motor and starter can achieve this function.

Ullal said that MEMS sensors will almost always exist in all objects, including clothes. And the acquisition of Xsens is Fairchild’s long-term strategic move.

Ulall also described how to use MEMS sensors to implement Fairchild's strategic goals. For example, embedding MEMS sensors in air conditioners will have a smarter experience. In the future, Fairchild will also develop more solutions in robot control and automotive electronics.