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Cypress Launches High-Speed Programmable Communications ICs
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000--
Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY) today introduced a family of
communications devices that will enable programmable, high-speed
serial I/O. The Programmable Serial Interface (PSI(TM)) family will
offer a unique combination of programmable logic and serial interface
technology to reduce the time-to-market, overall system complexity and
cost of high-bandwidth communications systems.
PSI devices will combine the flexibility, predictable timing, and
ease-of-use of programmable logic with a SERDES, a high-speed serial
interface, communications memory, logic, and phase-locked loops
(PLLs). Cypress's Warp(TM) software will enable a seamless programming
interface to allow design engineers to integrate custom IP with the
SERDES. These programmable communications ICs will provide a range of
flexible, single-chip interface solutions targeted at communications
backplanes and line cards. A subset of the family will be
SONET-compliant and targeted at the OC-48 market.
``Cypress has been an acknowledged leader in communications
technologies, as demonstrated by our HOTLink® transceivers, for the
past eight years. We will combine those competencies with
programmability, resulting in the PSI family's flexibility and ease of
use,'' said Geoff Charubin, Cypress director of marketing. ``We will
deliver the first members of this family in the first quarter of 2001,
enabling our customers to integrate their logic IP with our
communications devices.''
``Communications backplanes traditionally employ parallel buses;
however, designers aiming to meet the demand for bandwidth in
networking systems have encountered the speed, noise and scalability
limitations of this bus architecture,'' said Richard Kapusta, Cypress
senior product marketing manager. ``Serial connections, on the other
hand, eliminate cross-talk while increasing system speed, reducing
noise and providing scalability. Serial connections also enable
high-speed box-to-box communication. In addition, system reliability
and serviceability are greatly enhanced.''
The devices in the PSI family will provide a programmable
interface to a SERDES that is compatible with various physical layer
transmission media - fiber optic modules, copper cables and circuit
board traces. Along with optimized memory (such as dual-ported and
FIFO memories), logic and PLLs, the ICs will provide multiple parallel
I/Os supporting LVCMOS, LVTTL, 3.3 Volt PCI, SSTL2, SSTL3, HSTL, and
GTL+ inputs. The serial links will offer operating speeds from 1 x 2.5
GHz to 8 x 1.5 GHz to support high-bandwidth applications. The
combined serial bandwidth of 200 Mbps to 12 Gbps will allow PSI
devices to meet the requirements of a broad range of market segments,
including Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, and SONET. The
devices will be offered in BGA packages.
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 memories;
high-performance communication devices, high-density programmable
logic devices; timing technology solutions; and controllers for
Universal Serial Bus (USB). Cypress is No. 1 in the USB and clock
generation and distribution 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. Its shares are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange 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
(call 1-800-858-1810). 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 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.
PSI, Warp and ``Driving the Communications Revolution'' are
trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor. HOTLink is a registered trademark
of Cypress Semiconductor.
Contact:
Cypress Semiconductor
Louie Yan, 408/943-2817
LRY@cypress.com
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