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Cypress Announces General Availability of WirelessUSB LS and Development Kit
Industry's Lowest-Priced 2.4 GHz Radio System-on-a-Chip and
Development Kit Now in Full Production
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dec. 11, 2003—
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:CY), the industry leader
in USB, today announced general availability of WirelessUSB(TM) LS,
the industry's most-affordable 2.4 GHz radio system-on-a-chip, and a
WirelessUSB LS development kit.
With a transmit-only device (CYWUSB6932) priced starting at $1.95
in 100,000-unit quantities, and a transceiver version (CYWUSB6934)
beginning at $2.20, WirelessUSB LS offers manufacturers and end-users
of wireless PC Human Interface Devices (HIDs) video game console
peripherals and remote controls the best combination of performance
and cost versus competing wireless technologies.
WirelessUSB LS devices communicate at distances of up to 10
meters, with an average latency of less than four milliseconds and a
transmission rate of 62.5 kbps. Featuring a highly integrated radio
transceiver plus digital baseband on a single chip, the technology
enables designers to significantly decrease development time,
component count and system cost while improving operating range,
power-consumption and latency. Operating in the 2.4 GHz global ISM
band, WirelessUSB LS also allows customers to deploy their solutions
worldwide, regardless of regional frequency requirements.
The development kit (CY3632), priced at $750, features two radio
modules that connect directly to two prototyping platform boards;
comprehensive WirelessUSB protocol code examples; and a WirelessUSB
"listener" tool with associated schematics, gerber files and
bill-of-materials. Manufacturers interested in WirelessUSB LS or the
development kit are encouraged to contact their local Cypress sales
representative or visit Cypress online at: www.cypress.com.
Photo
A high-resolution photo of Cypress's WirelessUSB LS solution can
be downloaded from: http://www.cypress.com/support/link.cfm?mr=wusbls.
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, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, and DWDM.
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.
Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress
Semiconductor Corporation. "Connecting From Last Mile to First Mile,"
"WirelessUSB" and "Cypress Connects" are trademarks of Cypress. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cypress PR
Ed Rebello, 408-545-7665
EWR@cypress.com
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