Cypress Expands Market-Leading USB Microcontroller Line; Announces New, Low-Cost Products for High I/O Applications.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1997--Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CY) today expanded its market-leading line of Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) microcontrollers with the announcement of two new product families for low-speed USB peripherals with high I/O requirements, such as keyboards, gamepads, keyboards with integrated pointing devices. Cypress entered the USB microcontroller market in December 1996 with the introduction of microcontrollers for mouse and joystick applications. Cypress's product line, developed in cooperation with Microsoft Corp., are based on a high-performance, 8-bit RISC processor architecture optimized specifically for USB. The RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. core is one of the world's smallest. It offers the same functionality (at a lower cost) as other solutions that use general-purpose microcontrollers with circuitry that is not optimized for USB. Cypress's products are also the first with EPROM-programmability for fast, easy customization that speeds time-to-market. "We have gained an advantage in the USB market by offering a technically outstanding solution and delivering products early in the USB roll-out phase," said Dan McCranie, Cypress's vice president of sales and marketing. "We are going to press this advantage by continuing to introduce new product families, widening the number of applications and customers we address." New Products Meet High I/O Application Requirements Cypress's new CY7C634xx family has 32 I/Os, optimized for keyboard and gamepad applications. The four devices in the family all offer 256 bytes of with varying amounts of EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. (from 2 Kbytes up to 8 Kbytes) so customers can choose optimum price/performance levels for their end systems. The CY7C635xx family provides 40 I/Os, and is targeted at keyboards with integrated pointing devices, such as trackballs. The CY7C635xx devices also offer 256 bytes of SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory and varying amounts of EPROM up to 8 KB. About Cypress's USB Microcontrollers The USB microcontrollers from Cypress have a RISC core, reducing die size and cost. The devices come with up to 8 Kbytes of EPROM in which designers store application code to control the USB peripheral device. With EPROM-based parts, customers can go directly into low-cost, volume production, eliminating costly agency testing resulting from moving to ROM versions. Cypress's microcontroller family also contains a built-in watchdog timer that requires no external timer circuitry. Cypress's EPROM-programmability gives users increased flexibility by allowing fast design iterations. The RISC core enables faster time-to-market by offering a simple instruction set for easy code development. Cypress also offers reference designs to speed development. Cypress's new USB microcontrollers offer internal clock doubling from a 6 MHz crystal to insure low EMI. They also feature a zero-power "Instant On" capability to lower power consumption by 70% while providing full asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. response. Price and Availability All of Cypress's USB microcontrollers can be designed in today using the USB Developer's Kit, priced at $495. The CY7C634xx devices are available in 40-pin PDIP (Plastic DIP) See DIP. and 48-pin SSOP SSOP Shrink Small Outline Package SSOP Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (USDA) SSOP Sanitary Standard Operating Procedures SSOP Sharescan-Open Platform (Ecopy) SSOP Site Security Operational Procedures packages. The CY7C635xx devices come in 48-pin SSOPs. Both families will sample in June, with full production quantities available in August. Pricing for the CY7C63410 is $2.60 each in 10,000-unit quantities. The CY7C63510 costs $3.30 each in 10,000-unit lots. Pricing for higher volume quantities will be under $2.00. Customers can call Cypress at 1-800-858-1810 (U.S. only) or 408-943-2600 for more information. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is an international supplier of high-performance integrated circuits with worldwide headquarters in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . The company provides a broad range of products for leading computer, networking, and telecommunications companies worldwide. The company's product line includes static RAM, EPROM, and specialty memories; programmable logic devices (PLDs); data communications products; and personal computer chipset, timing devices, and USB microcontrollers. Cypress shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol CY. The company has a site on the World Wide Web at http://www.cypress.com . CONTACT: Cypress Semiconductor Don Parkman, 408/943-2817 |
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