Cypress Partners With Computer Modules to Offer Complete DVB/ASI and SMPTE-259M Standards-Compliant Physical-Layer Solutions.Business/Technology Editors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002 Solutions to Boost Bandwidth and Accelerate Design Cycles For Video Networking and Transport Equipment Manufacturers Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY), a world leader in physical-layer (PHY See physical layer and physical. ) devices, and Computer Modules Inc., a leader in broadband video delivery technologies, announced a strategic partnership to offer complete DVB/ASI and SMPTE-259M video output solutions to video equipment manufacturers for use in routers, aggregators and other video networking equipment. Increased services, including video on demand and internet over cable, require increased bandwidth and intelligence across traditional cable equipment networks. This increased demand puts greater engineering and time-to-market demands on the equipment developers. Combining Cypress's proven high-speed serial PHYs with Computer Modules' extensive video solutions will accelerate customer design cycles and significantly reduce their time-to-market. "Vendors who can provide a complete, industry-standard, physical-layer solution allow customers to be more competitive," said Paul Scott, vice president of Product Planning at Cypress. "This is why we teamed with an established digital-video company such as Computer Modules. The partnership enables our mutual customers to free up their engineering talent to work on providing differentiated features and value to their end customers." "Cypress has a proven record in providing quality physical-layer devices to the video industry," said Les Zoltan, vice president of Computer Modules. "Their original HOTLink(R) (High-speed Optical Transceiver Link) and HOTLink DX(TM) devices have been highly successful. Their new HOTLink II(TM) device integrates even more features and provides greater port density than ever before. When looking for a PHY vendor to partner with, Cypress was the natural choice." Cypress's HOTLink product line has a long history of success. Launched in 1993, today this portfolio expanded to HOTLink, HOTLink DX, HOTLink II, and Programmable HOTLink II w/programmable serial interface (PSI(TM)) transceiver families that support data transmission rates from 50 Mbps up to 1.5 Gbps. These flexible devices are ideal for any high-speed serializer/deserializer functions including standards such as SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. , HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , DVB/ASI, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Enterprise System Connection (ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. ) as well as proprietary backplanes. Computer Modules focuses exclusively on DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. , ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. , MPEG-2, SMPTE 259M, and other digital video transmission technologies. It partnered with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the first set-top box trials in Orlando using its DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary technology for the cable television market. Over the last three years, Computer Modules has leveraged that experience to emerge as a worldwide leader in all types of interfaces for digital television. About Cypress Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:CY) is Connecting From Last Mile to First Mile(TM) with high-performance solutions for personal, network access, enterprise, metro switch, and core communications-system applications. Cypress Connects(TM) using wireless, wireline, digital, and optical transmission standards, including Bluetooth, 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. , Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, and DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing . Leveraging its process and system-level expertise, Cypress makes industry-leading physical layer devices, framers, and network search engines, along with a broad portfolio of high-bandwidth memories, timing technology solutions, and programmable microcontrollers. More information about Cypress is accessible online at www.cypress.com. About Computer Modules, Inc. Computer Modules, Inc is a pioneering 20-year old manufacturer and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and supplier of computer peripherals. It has a long history of innovation in the computer/communications market having entered the broadcast market in 1999. Its engineering and manufacturing is done by its sister organization Linear Systems Ltd. in Canada. Since that time it has redefined itself as a leading vendor of DVB(R) and ATSC based digital video solutions exclusively targeting the broadcast industry with interfaces and systems. Computer Modules, Inc. is located in San Diego California. Visit our website at www.computermodules.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. Note to Editors: Cypress, the Cypress logo, and HOTLink are registered trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. "Connectivity From Last Mile to First Mile," "Cypress Connects," PSI, "HOTLink DX" and "HOTLink II"are trademarks of Cypress. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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