Cypress Launches MediaClock Timing Technology Family; Family of Clocks Targeted at Audio and Video Applications Lower Multimedia System Cost and Speed System Development.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001 Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY), the world's leading full-line clock vendor, today launched the MediaClock(TM) Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator (VCXO VCXO Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator ) family of clock devices, targeted at audio and video systems, including set-top boxes, digital cameras, video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. , DVD players, and HDTV sets. The advanced MediaClock architecture allows new multimedia clock requirements to be fulfilled with engineering samples in as little as one to two weeks. The family today includes a total of five standard and numerous semicustom devices in 8-pin SOIC (Small Outline IC) A small-dimension, plastic, rectangular, surface mount chip package that uses gull-wing pins extending outward. See gull-wing lead, SOJ and chip package. packages and 16-pin TSSOPs. "Cypress is taking advantage of its overall leadership in the clock chip market to design and deliver innovative timing solutions for audio and video products," said Ian Chen, director of product marketing at Cypress's Timing Technology Division. "The MediaClock family was developed to address the performance, time-to-market and cost requirements of the multimedia market, where tough specifications for frequency errors and low noise performance combined with tight profit margins conspire to eliminate casual competitors." The MediaClock family integrates next-generation, 10-bit digital VCXO technology, with a pull range of approximately +/-150 ppm. VCXO technology is easily configured to be compatible with virtually any crystal designed for pullability, resulting in improved VCXO performance and a lower bill-of-materials (BOM) cost for the new generation of set-top boxes. A crystal oscillator with adaptive capabilities minimizes crystal aging effects. Although the audio clock was once the limiting component in achieving the highest audio performance in a given system, the new Cypress devices use the latest PLL PLL - phase-locked loop technology to achieve better clock jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle and enable full 24-bit audio performance. MediaClock devices meet the clock jitter specifications dictated by DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and other newly-released audio standards, which were unheard of just a few years ago.
MediaClock Devices
Standard Products
CY2410-1 27 MHz VCXO
CY2411 54 MHz VCXO
CY2412 Multiple Output VCXO
CY2413-1 Multiple Output VCXO
CY2413-2 Multiple Output VCXO
Semi-custom Products
Digital still camera clock
Video game clock
Pricing and Availability Pricing for MediaClock devices starts at $1.50 for the CY2410-1 in volumes of 10,000. Samples of the products listed above are available now. Product Photo A high-resolution photo can be downloaded from http://www.cypress.com/press/photo/mediaclock.html. About Cypress Cypress Semiconductor is "Driving the Communications Revolution"(TM) by providing high-performance integrated circuit solutions to fast-growing markets, including data communications, telecommunications, computation, consumer products, and industrial control. With a focus on emerging communications applications, Cypress's product portfolios include high-speed physical layer devices (PHYs), network search engines (NSEs), network coprocessors, datapath switching elements (DSEs), networking-optimized and micropower static RAMs; high-bandwidth multi-port 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 memories; high-density programmable logic devices; timing technology for PCs and other digital systems; and controllers for 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. ). More than two-thirds of Cypress's sales come from fast-growing communications markets and dynamic companies such as Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson, Lucent, Motorola, and Nortel Networks. Cypress's ability to mix and match its broad portfolio of intellectual property enables targeted, integrated solutions for high-speed systems that feed bandwidth-hungry Internet applications. Cypress aims to become the preferred silicon supplier for Internet switching systems and for every Internet data stream to pass through at least one Cypress IC. Cypress employs approximately 4,000 people worldwide with international 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. . Its 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. More information about Cypress is accessible electronically on the company's worldwide Web site at http://www.cypress.com. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements herein that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" involving risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions, shifts in supply and demand, market acceptance, the impact of competitive products and pricing, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties, and capacity and supply constraints. Please refer to Cypress's Securities and Exchange Commission filings for a discussion of such risks. MediaClock and "Driving the Communications Revolution" are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor. |
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