Cypress Announces Full Production of 3.3V Neuron Chips for Building Automation and Industrial Control Networks; Low-Power Controllers Network LonWorks-Based Sensors and Actuators
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 17, 2004—
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today announced
volume production of its new 3.3V Neuron(R) chips for LonWorks(R)
devices. Cypress's CY7C53120L8 and CY7C53150L controller chips enable
sensors and actuators used in LonWorks-based industrial control and
building automation applications to be networked and connected to the
Internet. The new low-power devices deliver up to two times the memory
of 5V pin-compatible alternatives while reducing power consumption by
33 percent.
Cypress's new Neuron devices include a hardware-based serial
communications interface (UART) and serial peripheral interface (SPI)
engine that is scalable to 2.5 Mbps, and a programmable low-voltage
inhibitor (LVI). The CY7C53120L8 features 16 KBytes of ROM, 4 KBytes
of RAM and 8 KBytes of internal EEPROM memory and is offered in 32-pin
SOIC and 44-pin TQFP packages. The CY7C53150L incorporates 4 KBytes of
RAM and 2.7 KBytes of EEPROM memory and uses an external memory
interface that can address up to 56 KBytes. It is available in a
64-pin TQFP package. Both devices feature three eight-bit pipelined
processors that enable concurrent processing of application code and
network traffic at speeds of up to 20 MHz. They also offer in-system
programming via an 11-pin configurable I/O block and a flexible
five-pin communications port that can be configured to interface with
a variety of 5V and 3.3V media transceivers over a wide range of data
rates. Additionally, both are supported by Echelon Corporation's
(Nasdaq:ELON) NodeBuilder(R) 3.1 Development Tool.
Pricing
Cypress's CY7C53120L8 solution is priced at $3.80 and the
CY7C53150L is priced at $3.10 in 10,000-unit quantities. Both products
are available today by contacting your local Cypress sales
representative or visiting Cypress online at www.cypress.com.
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 Corp. "Connecting From Last Mile to First Mile" and
"Cypress Connects" are trademarks of Cypress. Echelon, LonWorks,
NodeBuilder, Neuron, and the Echelon logo are trademarks of Echelon
Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cypress
Ed Rebello, 408-545-7665
EWR@cypress.com
