Cypress Introduces World's First Industrial Grade High-Speed USB 2.0 Microcontroller; New Offering Supports Temperature Range of -40 Degrees C to +105 Degrees C for Industrial, Automotive and Military Applications.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY), the market leader in 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. , today introduced the world's first industrial temperature grade high-speed USB 2.0 programmable microcontroller. Cypress is now offering its EZ-USB FX2LP(TM) controller with a temperature rating of -40 degrees C to +105 degrees C, providing an ideal solution for implementing high-speed USB in industrial, automotive and military applications. The EZ-USB FX2LP device is a fully integrated peripheral controller, including an 8051 microprocessor, a serial interface engine, a high-speed USB 2.0 transceiver, on-chip RAM and FIFO (First In First Out) A storage method that retrieves the item stored for the longest time. Contrast with LIFO. See traffic engineering methods. FIFO - first-in first-out and a general programmable interface. Its unique architecture handles all basic USB functions, enabling the host system's microprocessor to focus on application-specific functions and ensuring sustained high-performance data transfer rates. Featuring a data rate of 480 Mbps, 16 Kbytes of on-chip memory, and up to 40 programmable I/Os, Cypress's EZ-USB FX2LP solution provides world-class design flexibility. The FX2 LP devices also slash dynamic and standby power consumption by nearly 50 percent versus alternative offerings. "Our EZ-USB LP(TM) family has been exceptionally well-received in applications such as mobile phones, PMPs, and Flash 'thumb drives.' We've now shipped more than nine million units since our introduction in April of this year," said Rajiv Nema, product marketing manager for Cypress's EZ-USB LP products. "With the introduction of the industrial temperature offering, we now address a new set of market segments that can take advantage of EZ-USB LP's low power, high performance and flexibility." The new product is well-suited for telematics, navigation systems and infotainment units in automobiles. Military applications include radio infrastructure equipment and hand-held radios, including Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System JtRS Just The Right Shoe JTRS Just the Right Size JTRS Johnson Technical Reports Server JTRS Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship JTRS Jefferson Township Rescue Squad ) systems. The devices are also ideal for industrial instrumentation, measurement and automation systems. Pricing and Availability The new industrial-temperature EZ-USB FX2LP (CY7C68013A) devices are USB-IF certified and in full production. The device is offered in 100- and 128-pin TQFP See QFP. and 56-pin QFN QFN Quad Flat No-Lead QFN Queen Fan Newsletter (rock band) QFN Quad Flat No Leads and 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. Pricing in 10,000-unit quantities starts at $8.95. A high-resolution photo can be downloaded at www.cypress.com/fx2lp-industrial-photo. Cypress also offers the CY3684 EZ-USB FX2LP Development Kit to facilitate the design process and speed time-to-market for customers. Priced at $495, it is available for download at the Cypress "On-line Store" at www.cypress.com. About Cypress Cypress solutions are at the heart of any system that is built to perform: consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Leveraging a strong commitment to customer service and performance-based process and manufacturing expertise, Cypress's product portfolio includes a broad selection of wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions, network search engines, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays. Cypress stock is traded 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 ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors CY. More information about the company is available online at www.cypress.com. Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks and EZ-USB LP and EZ-USB FX2LP are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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