# National Semiconductor American semiconductor manufacturer led by [[wiki/Charlie Sporck|Charlie Sporck]], who left [[wiki/Fairchild Semiconductor|Fairchild Semiconductor]] to run the company. National Semiconductor is one of the [[wiki/Fairchildren|Fairchildren]] — the over 130 companies descended from Fairchild and, by extension, from [[wiki/Bell Labs|Bell Labs]] through [[wiki/Shockley Semiconductor|Shockley Semiconductor]]. Referenced in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].