Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
San Jose, CA 95134
Cypress CMOS Image Sensor Enables Convergence of Film and Digital Video for Motion Picture Cinematography
Custom Imager is the Heart of ARRI's ARRIFLEX D-20 Digital Motion Picture Camera And ARRISCAN Film Scanner SAN JOSE, Calif., December 19, 2007 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced that its OSCAR custom CMOS image sensor is incorporated into the ARRIFLEX D-20 Digital Motion Picture Camera and ARRISCAN Film Scanner from ARRI GmbH. The 6-megapixel sensor is the same size as a...
Read More »Cypress Peripheral Controller Delivers Fastest Mobile Handset Download Times in Recent Comparison by Industry Analyst
West Bridge(TM) Antioch(TM) Controller Delivers 2X and Greater Transfer Speeds Compared to Other Phones with High-Speed USB SAN JOSE, Calif., December 10, 2007 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced that its peripheral controller delivered the fastest transfer of multimedia files from a PC to a mobile handset in a recent comparison by industry analyst firm Semiconductor...
Read More »Cypress PSoC® CapSense(TM) Technology Turns on the Heat in New Hockey Skates from Therma Blade
Hot New Product Reduces Friction, Increases Player Stamina SAN JOSE, Calif., November 14, 2007 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced that its PSoC® CapSense(TM) solution for capacitive sensing is employed in the revolutionary new heated hockey blades made by Therma Blade, Inc. Therma Blades are technologically advanced skate blades that use electronics to heat the blade,...
Read More »iPUBLISH Selects Cypress CapSense(TM) Touch Screen Solution for New MERIAN Scout NAVIGATOR Personal Travel Assistant
Combination GPS Navigation and Travel Guide Delivers Intuitive, Convenient Operation With Touch Screen Functionality That Responds To Gentle Contact SAN JOSE, Calif., September 25, 2007 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced that iPUBLISH GmbH is employing Cypress's PSoC® CapSense(TM) touch screen controller solution in the popular new MERIAN scout NAVIGATOR Personal Travel...
Read More »Cypress and Mobilygen Offer Two Video-over-USB Reference Designs for High-Quality H.264 Video up to 5X Faster Than Real-Time in Mobile Devices
Cypress's USB Technology and Mobilygen's Video Codecs Provide a Hardware-Accelerated, Drag-and-Drop Interface to Convert any Video File to H.264 Format SAN JOSE, Calif., December 5, 2007 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY), the market leader in USB, and Mobilygen Inc., a leader in low-power H.264 codecs, today introduced two reference designs to convert any video file to H.264 format in...
Read More »Nonvolatile SRAM is built on 0.13 micron SONOS process.
Offering non-volatile data storage without batteries, 4-Mbit nvSRAM features access times of 15 ns, infinite read/write/recall cycles, and 20 yr data retention. Data transfer from SRAM to device's nonvolatile elements takes place automatically at power down, and data is restored to SRAM from nonvolatile memory on power up. Available in 44 TSOPII and 54 TSOPII packages, RoHS-compliant device is...
Read More »CMOS Image Sensor delivers frame rate of 500 fps.
LUPA-1300-2 high-sensitivity, high-speed, 1.3 megapixel sensor features fully synchronous snapshot shutter, which allows reading of one image while next is being acquired and to capture moving objects without distortion. Offering 1,280 x 1,024 pixels with 14 x 14 Â-µm pixel size, sensor integrates programmable offset and gain amplifier for each channel of the 12, 10-bit digital LVDS outputs....
Read More »IC delivers high-accuracy touch screen performance.
With flexible PSoC mixed-signal array architecture, PSoC® CapSense(TM) is suited for both small screen portable devices and larger screens. It enables designers to implement various functions such as driving LEDs, backlight control, motor control, power management, I/O expansion, accelerometers, and ambient light sensors. Available with CY8C20x34, CY8C21x34, and CY8C24x94 device families,...
Read More »