Cypress To Demonstrate USB 2.0 Mass Storage Solution at Comdex/Fall 2000.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Fall 2000 Booth L1629 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000 Single-Chip Solution Using Cypress's EZ-USB(R) FX2 Shown At: Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. 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. Pavilion, Booth L1629 Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY) today announced that it will demonstrate a single-chip mass storage solution using its EZ-USB(R) FX2 controller. The demonstration will present the Cypress USB 2.0 device as a bridge between an external 15 Gbyte hard drive and a personal computer running the Windows(R) 2000 operating system and the OS's standard mass-storage class driver. "Using Cypress's controller, our customers can quickly develop a hardware-based USB 2.0 mass-storage solution," said Allyn Pon, Cypress director of marketing. "We expect the EZ-USB FX2 to be the smallest and most cost-effective solution on the market, in addition to providing flexibility for the OEMs to customize for their own needs." The mass-storage reference design will be available in January 2001 and will include schematics, firmware and an evaluation board. By being mass-storage class driver compliant, the USB 2.0 reference design will leverage the class drivers already supported in Windows 2000 and Windows ME. It will support high-bandwidth mass-storage devices such as hard drives, CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. drives and high-density diskette drives. About EZ-USB FX2 The EZ-USB FX2 was the first integrated peripheral chip to demonstrate functionality at Intel Laboratory. The single-chip solution supports a high-speed data transmission rate of 480 Mbps and combines a USB 2.0 transceiver, a serial interface engine (SIE) and a general programmable interface (GPIF GPIF Government Pension Investment Fund (Japan) ). Cypress has integrated digital blocks, including an 8051 microcontroller, logic, memory, and phase-locked loops (PLLs) to improve performance, flexibility and cost. USB links PCs with their peripherals in "plug-and-play" fashion. The USB 2.0 standard is approximately 40 times faster than the 12 Mbps, full-speed USB standard and affirms USB as the standard connection bus of the future for demanding high-speed applications such as mass storage, Internet access appliances, and traditional and wireless local-area networks (LANs). 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 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). Cypress is No. 1 in the USB and clock chip markets. More than two-thirds of Cypress's sales come from fast-growing communications markets and dynamic companies such as Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson, Lucent, Motorola, Nortel Networks, and 3Com. 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 more than 4,100 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 or by CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). (call 800/858-1810). An electronic investor forum, and other investor information, is located at http://www.cypress.com/investor/index.html. "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 by 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: "Driving the Communications Revolution" is a trademark of Cypress Semiconductor. EZ-USB is a registered trademark of Cypress Semiconductor. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. |
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