Cypress Readies for 3G Evolution by Joining Open Base Station Architecture Initiative; Membership Focused on Open Internal Modular Structure of Wireless Base Stations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004 Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. Two years later, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY) today announced that it has become a supporting member of the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI), an organization formed to create open specifications for base station architectures. Cypress's decision to join OBSAI demonstrates the company's commitment to designing products that support next generation mobile communications systems. One of the key challenges facing cellular operators and other mobile telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. today is the rising cost of the infrastructure needed to provide sufficient capacity for advanced mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. services. By standardizing base station modules, manufacturers will now be able to focus their development efforts on creating differentiation within the base station, thus encouraging greater innovation and more cost-effective products. "OBSAI provides a well-defined, fundamental framework for base station design specifications," said Dan Morris, vice president of Cypress's Communications Business Unit. "By participating in industry initiatives such as this, we can build on our broad portfolio of physical layer devices, dual-ported and SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory memories, closely aligning to the needs of our customers, and ultimately leading to highly refined and competitive products." By defining a basic modular architecture and the detailed specifications for the internal interfaces among modules, OBSAI promotes an open market for cellular base station modules. Benefits to mobile network operators include access to more cost-effective products and the ability to bring new and advanced services to market more quickly. In addition, end-users benefit by having quicker access to attractively priced, advanced mobile services. About Cypress Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (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 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 An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. 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 reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays. More information about Cypress is accessible online at www.cypress.com. About OBSAI The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) is a new organization formed among leading base station vendors, module and component manufacturers to create a set of open specifications for base station architecture. By defining a basic modular architecture and the detailed specifications for the internal interfaces between modules, OBSAI aims to create an open market for cellular base stations. For more information about OBSAI can be found online at www.obsai.org. Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. "Connecting From Last Mile to First Mile" and "Cypress Connects" are trademarks of Cypress. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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