Cypress Semiconductor

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Defunct2020 (2020)
FateAcquired by Infineon Technologies
HeadquartersSan Jose, California, U.S.
RevenueIncrease US$2.48 billion (2018)
Increase US$164.43 million (2018)
Increase US$354.83 million (2018)
Total assetsIncrease US$3.69 billion (2018)
Total equityIncrease US$2.12 billion (2018)
Number of employees
5,846 (2018)
Divisions
  • Programmable Systems
  • Memory Products
  • Data Communications
  • Emerging Technologies
Websitecypress.com
Footnotes / references
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An EPLD from Cypress Semiconductor in a PLCC-package
A Cypress USB microcontroller

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation was an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It offered NOR flash memories,[2] F-RAM and SRAM Traveo microcontrollers,[3] PSoCs,[4] PMICs,[5] capacitive touch-sensing controllers,[6] Wireless BLE Bluetooth Low-Energy[7] and USB connectivity solutions.

Its headquarters were in San Jose, California, with operations in the United States, Ireland, India and the Philippines.[8]

In April 2016, Cypress Semiconductors announced the acquisition of Broadcom’s Wireless Internet of Things Business. The deal was closed in July 2016.[9]

In June 2019, Infineon Technologies announced it would acquire Cypress for $9.4 billion.[10][11] The deal closed in April 2020, making Infineon one of the world's top 10 semiconductor manufacturers.[12][13]

Some of its main competitors included Microchip Technology, NXP Semiconductors, Renesas Electronics and Micron Technology.

  1. ^ "US SEC: Form 10-K Cypress Semiconductor Corporation". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cypress Semiconductor Semper™ NOR Flash Memory Storage Solution". allaboutcircuits.com. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  3. ^ "Matching non-volatile memory selection to automotive-system requirements". embedded.com. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  4. ^ "Cypress announces PSoC 4 architecture for ARM Cortex-M0 devices". embedded.com. 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  5. ^ "Hardware Evaluation for the Cypress S6AE102A/S6AE103A Eval Kit for Energy Harvesting Applications". allaboutcircuits.com. 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  6. ^ "Cypress: automotive touchscreen controller with cryptographic engine". embedded.com. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  7. ^ "Bluetooth Low Energy Module with 400-Meter Range". eepower.com. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference wsj was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Cypress Closes $550 Million Acquisition Of Broadcom's 'Internet Of Things' Business". Forbes. July 5, 2016. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  10. ^ "Infineon acquires Cypress Semiconductor for $9.4B". SiliconANGLE. 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  11. ^ Stangel, Luke (June 3, 2019). "Infineon snaps up San Jose's Cypress Semiconductor in $10B deal". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Infineon acquired was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Infineon Technologies AG completes acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation". Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. Archived from the original on 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2020-05-15.