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Cypress Introduces Industry's Lowest Power Dual-Port RAMs for Full-Featured Mobile Phones and PDAs With Multi-Processor Architectures
More Battery Life(TM) (MoBL(R)) Dual Ports Speed
Time-to-Market and Enable Modular Architectures
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 6, 2005—
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today unveiled a family of
five high-performance More Battery Life(TM) (MoBL(R)) dual-port RAMs
targeted at mobile phone and PDA applications. The new devices are
used to enable high-speed interprocessor communication in
next-generation phones that use multiple processors to handle video,
games, e-mail or music.
The new MoBL dual ports provide the industry's lowest operating
and standby current -- 80% lower than previous generation dual-ports.
At 1.8V, operating current is only 15 mA (typ.) and standby current is
just 2 uA (typ.), extending both talk and standby times in mobile
phones.
Today's mobile phones include advanced feature sets such as the
ability to record video, play MP3 music, send multimedia messages and
deliver 3D multiplayer games. In order to address these requirements,
as well as increased processing demands, many manufacturers have
adopted a multi-processor, or modular, architecture for their systems.
Designed with two independent SRAM interfaces, the MoBL dual-port
family of devices enables processors to efficiently exchange data. The
MoBL dual-ports enable communication and application subsystems to
evolve independent of each other. Each subsystem can be self-contained
with minimal software design effort for interprocessor communication.
"Shorter product life cycles are driving the demand for
dual-processor architectures in multimedia mobile platforms: a modular
design approach can significantly reduce development time. Our MoBL
dual-ports reduce the complexity of wireless handset designs while
addressing the increased data throughput and low power consumption
requirements," said Dinesh Ramanathan, Product Marketing Director for
Cypress's Data Communications Division.
The new dual-ports support 1.8V, 2.5V and 3V I/O voltage, with
densities up to 256 Kb. They deliver access times as fast as 35 ns and
data rates of over 200 Mbps per port to avoid data flow bottlenecks.
Cypress also offers a 8-bit bus width option to reduce trace route and
simplify board layout.
Availability and Pricing
The MoBL Dual-Ports are offered in a 100-ball, 0.5 mm pitch, 6x6
mm fpBGA package. The devices are sampling today with full production
availability expected in June 2005.
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Price per Unit in
Device Configuration Max Speed Availability 200,000 Units
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CYDM256A16 16K x 16 35 ns Sampling $3.00
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CYDM128A16 8K x 16 35 ns Sampling $2.75
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CYDM128A08 16K x 8 35 ns Sampling $2.75
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CYDM064A16 4K x 16 35 ns Sampling $2.50
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CYDM064A08 8K x 8 35 ns Sampling $2.50
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Photo
A high-resolution photo of the MoBL Dual-Port family of devices
can be downloaded from: http://www.cypress.com/prphoto/mobldp.
About Cypress:
Cypress solutions are at the heart of any system that is built to
perform: consumer, computation, data communications, automotive,
industrial, and solar power. Leveraging a strong commitment to
customer service and performance-based process and manufacturing
expertise, Cypress's product portfolio includes a broad selection of
wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions,
network search engines, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous
and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable
mixed-signal arrays. Cypress stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol CY. More information about the
company is available online at www.cypress.com.
Cypress, the Cypress logo and MoBL are registered trademarks of
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. "More Battery Life" is a trademark
of Cypress. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
Contact:
Cypress Public Relations
Don Parkman, 408-943-4885
DSP@cypress.com
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