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Cypress Introduces Next-Generation Low-Speed USB Microcontrollers to Reduce Component Count, Design Time and System Cost
Low-Cost enCoRe(TM) II Family Delivers Lower Power, In-System
Reprogrammability and Enhanced CPU Capabilities to
Simplify Keyboard, Mouse and Wireless Dongle Designs
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 22, 2005—
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY), the market share leader in
USB, today introduced a new family of low-speed USB microcontrollers
targeting PC human input devices, including keyboards, mice and
wireless dongles. Based on Cypress's popular "M8" microcontroller
architecture, the enCoRe(TM) II (enhanced Component Reduction) family
offers a flash-based design that enables storage of wireless binding
parameters as well as in-system reprogrammability. The new family also
adds reduced power consumption and enhanced CPU capabilities.
Cypress's enCoRe USB technology features a breakthrough
crystalless oscillator. By integrating the oscillator on-chip, an
external crystal or resonator is no longer needed. Cypress has also
integrated other external components commonly found in low-speed USB
applications, including pull-up resistors, wake-up circuitry, and a
3.3V regulator. This integration results in shorter development cycles
and lower system costs.
"As the worldwide leader in USB technology, customers expect
Cypress to continually deliver value-added solutions," said Trevor
Davis, director of marketing for Cypress's Consumer and Computation
Division. "The enCoRe II products offer important new features while
meeting the low-cost requirements of this competitive market."
The enCoRe-II family includes three lines of products:
-- The CY7C639xx line is the first to bring Cypress's enhanced
component reduction technologies to keyboard designs. The
chips are offered in 40-pin PDIP and 28-/48-pin SSOP packages,
and priced starting at $1.30 in 100,000-unit quantities.
-- The CY7C638xx line of enCoRe II controllers is targeted for
high-end optical mice and wireless dongles. The devices are
offered in PDIP, SOIC and QSOP packages, with pricing starting
at $0.90 each in 100,000-unit quantities.
-- The CY7C633xx products target low-end optical and
optomechanical mice. Available in 16-pin PDIP and SOIC
packages, the devices are priced starting at just $0.85 in
volume.
All of the devices are sampling now with production availability
in April of this year. Cypress is also providing low-cost
manufacturing chip-on-board support for high-volume enCoRe II
products. A low voltage, low power non-USB version of the enCoRe-II
microcontroller targeting wireless applications will be available
later this year.
Cypress is the world's leading supplier of USB controllers with
more than one quarter of a billion units shipped worldwide.
About Cypress
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) provides high-performance
solutions for personal, network access, enterprise, metro switch and
core communications system applications. 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, USB devices, 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. "enCoRe" is a trademark of Cypress. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cypress PR
Don Parkman, 408-943-4885
DSP@cypress.com
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