Cypress_semiconductor

Cypress Semiconductor Corp
Type	Public (NYSE: CY)
Founded	Delaware, U.S. (1982)
Founder	Dr. T. J. Rodgers
Headquarters	San Jose, California, U.S.
No. of locations	14 Design Centers, 40 Sales Offices (2000)
Industry	Semiconductors
Revenue	▲ US$1.6Bn (2007)
Employees	6,000 (2007)
Divisions	Memory and Imaging Division, Data Communications Division, Consumer and Computations Division
Subsidiaries	Sunpower Corp, Silicon Light Machines
Slogan	Perform
Website	Cypress.com

Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company founded by "T.J." Rodgers. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. The company initially focused on the design and development of high density SRAMs. Fabrication facilities were established in Minnesota, and Texas. Two years after going public, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). Its headquarters are in San Jose, California, and it has divisions in the United States, India and the Philippines.

Some its main competitors include Integrated Device Technology, Samsung Electronics, and Xilinx.

Strategy

To combat falling commodity chip prices, since 1999 it has been buying smaller, specialized technology companies, including:

• Timing Technology:
  • IC Works
  • International Microcircuits Inc.
• USB Technology:
  • Anchor Chips
  • In-System Design
  • ScanLogic
• SRAM Technology:
  • Galvantech, Inc.
  • Cascade Semiconductor Corporation
• Radio Frequency Technology:
  • RadioCom
  • Alation
• Solar Cell Technology
  • SunPower
  • PowerLight
• Image Sensors
  • Silicon Light Machines
  • FillFactory
  • SMaL Camera Technologies(Sold to Sensata Technologies in 2007)
• Network Technology
  • Silicon Packets
  • Lara Networks
  • HiBand Semiconductors

In addition, Cypress has incorporated some of its technology into subsidiaries, in order to speed up development of such products as the PSoC mixed-signal controller, which is a programmable system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates a microcontroller and the analog and digital components that typically surround it in an embedded system.

Products

• General Purpose Clock generators
• Control Communications
• Image sensors
• Memory
• Optical Sensors
• PSoC Mixed-Signal Controllers
• Physical Layer Devices
• Programmable Logic Devices
• Solar Cells
• Universal Serial Bus
• West Bridge Peripheral Controllers
• Wireless

Location

Cypress has manufacturing plants and design facilities in the United States, the Philippines, Belgium, Bangalore and Hyderabad in India, and in Ireland.

Founder

Cypress was founded and led by T.J. Rodgers, who received his bachelor\'s degrees from Dartmouth College and his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

See also

• Warp (Cypress)

External links

• Cypress home page
• PSoC Developer Website

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