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                                                                   Exhibit 25.01

                                    FORM T-1

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                            STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
                    UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF
                   A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

                      CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
                      ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
                            SECTION 305(b)(2) _______

                     UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
               (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)


           New York                                              13-3818954
(Jurisdiction of incorporation                                (I.R.S. employer
 if not a U.S. national bank)                                identification No.)

    114 West 47th Street                                         10036-1532
         New York, NY                                            (Zip Code)
    (Address of principal
      executive offices)

                       FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                             77-0449095
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. employer
 incorporation or organization)                              identification No.)

        333 Western Avenue
          Mail Stop 01-00
       South Portland, Maine                                       04106
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)
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                          FSC SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                             04-3363001
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. employer
 incorporation or organization)                              identification No.)

          333 Western Avenue
            Mail Stop 01-00
         South Portland, Maine                                      04106
(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


                FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA
               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                              04-3398512
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. employer
 incorporation or organization)                              identification No.)

          333 Western Avenue
            Mail Stop 01-00
         South Portland, Maine                                      04106
(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


                   10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
                       (Title of the indenture securities)
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                                     GENERAL

1.    GENERAL INFORMATION

      Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

      (a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which
            it is subject.

            Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2nd District), New York, New York
              (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
            Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC
            New York State Banking Department, Albany, New York

      (b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

            The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

2.    AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR

      If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
      affiliation.

             None

ITEMS 3., 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 AND 15:

      The obligor currently is not in default under any of its outstanding
      securities for which United States Trust Company of New York is Trustee.
      Accordingly, responses to Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
      and 15 of Form T-1 are not required under General Instruction B.


16.   LIST OF EXHIBITS

      T-1.1  --   Organization Certificate, as amended, issued by the State
                  of New York Banking Department to transact business as a Trust
                  Company, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit T-1.1 to Form
                  T-1 filed on September 15, 1995 with the Commission pursuant
                  to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust
                  Indenture Reform Act of 1990 (Registration No. 33-97056).

      T-1.2  --   Included in Exhibit T-1.1 of this Statement of Eligibility.

      T-1.3  --   Included in Exhibit T-1.1 of this Statement of Eligibility.
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16.   LIST OF EXHIBITS
      (cont'd)

      T-1.4  --   The By-Laws of United States Trust Company of New York, as
                  amended, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit T-1.4 to Form
                  T-1 filed on September 15, 1995 with the Commission pursuant
                  to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust
                  Indenture Reform Act of 1990 (Registration No. 33-97056).

      T-1.6  --   The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of
                  the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust
                  Indenture Reform Act of 1990.

      T-1.7  --   A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee
                  pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or
                  examining authority.

NOTE

As of May 5, 1999, the trustee had 2,999,020 shares of Common Stock outstanding,
all of which are owned by its parent company, U.S. Trust Corporation. The term
"trustee" in ITEM 2 refers to each of United States Trust Company of New York
and its parent company, U. S. Trust Corporation.

In answering ITEM 2 in this statement of eligibility as to matters peculiarly
within the knowledge of the obligor or its directors, the trustee has relied
upon information furnished to it by the obligor and will rely on information to
be furnished by the obligor and the trustee disclaims responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of such information.




Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the trustee,
United States Trust Company of New York, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of
eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 5th day
of May, 1999.

UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY
    OF NEW YORK, Trustee

By: /s/ John Guiliano
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    John Guiliano
    Vice President