Cypress Introduces High-Speed Synchronous SRAM Family; Broadens SRAM Market Coverage with New Devices.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1998--Cypress Semiconductor today introduced a family of high-speed synchronous SRAMs targeted at network and Digital Signal Processor (DSP) applications.

The 12 new devices include flow-through and pipelined versions in both 2- and 4-Mbit densities. They are all available in x 18, x 32, and x 36 word widths. The pipelined versions will offer bus speeds up to 166 MHz and the flow-through options will run up to 117 MHz.

"This is an important step in our drive to support the growing network market," said Mathew Arcoleo, strategic marketing manager for synchronous SRAMs. "Our estimates are that synchronous products account for approximately 45% of the total SRAM market. They have become mainstream products in non-PC markets. Additionally, these products are used extensively by many of our strategic customers in systems for which we already provide logic, clocking, specialty memory, and physical layer transceiver solutions."

The new devicesare all produced at 0.35-micron or 0.25-micron with Cypress's patented six-transistor cell architecture. Unlike traditional four-transistor, two-resistor designs, Cypress's SRAMs do not have susceptibility to alpha particles that can corrupt the value of data stored in memory. This trait is especially important in networking applications where large amounts of data are continuously cycling through the devices.

Broad SRAM Line

Cypress is the world's leading supplier of asynchronous SRAMs with a stable of products ranging from 1 Kbit to 4 Mbit. Cypress also offers the ZBT(TM)-compatible NoBL(TM) SRAMs that allow data transfer on every clock cycle, regardless of whether a "write" or "read" operation is taking place, thereby eliminating latency. Cypress is also a leading provider of military SRAMs.

Price and Availability

The 12 new synchronous SRAMs from Cypress will be introduced through the fourth quarter of 1998. Pricing ranges from $7.00 for the 2 Mbit pipelined CY7C1329 to $22.00 for the 4 Mbit flow-through CY7C1345, both in 1,000-unit quantities. For more information, customers can contact Cypress at 800/858-1810 in the U.S. or 408/943-2600 elsewhere in the world.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is an international supplier of high-performance integrated circuits with worldwide headquarters in San Jose. The company provides a broad range of products for leading computer, networking, and telecommunications companies worldwide. Cypress's product line includes static RAM and specialty memories; programmable logic devices (PLDs); data communications products; FCT Logic, timing devices, and USB microcontrollers. Its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CY. The company's worldwide web site is http://www.cypress.com.

Note to Editors: NoBL is a trademark of Cypress Semiconductor, and ZBT is a trademark of IDT Corp.

    CONTACT:  Cypress Semiconductor
               Don Parkman, 408/943-2817
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