CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR

Region: USA

Locale: CA

GENERAL CONTACTS

URL: www.cypress.com

MANAGEMENT

T. J. Rodgers, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director            

Antonio R. Alvarez, Executive Vice President, Memory Products Division, Emmanuel T. Hernandez, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer                                 

Ralph H. Schmitt, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Christopher Seams, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing and Research and Development                                   

Christopher Norris, Vice President, Data Communications Division, Cathal Phelan, Vice President, Personal Communications Division           

Ilhan Refioglu, Vice President, Timing Technology Division

FAST FACTS

Classification: IDM, Public

Employees 2003 Est: 4,033

Incorporated: 1982 (Dec)

Revenue 2003, $Millions: 836.8

Revenue 2002, $Millions: 774.7

Revenue 2001, $Millions: 819.2

Revenue 2000, $Millions: 1,287.9

Revenue 1999, $Millions: 745.0

MAIN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PRODUCTS / TECHNOLOGY

ASIC: PLD

Energy: Solar Cells

Memory: CAM, FIFO, MRAM, SRAM

Telecom: Framers, SONET

Timing:

MEMORY MRAM DEVELOPMENTS

Cypress Semiconductor in 2005 announced that it was to exit the MRAM non-volatile memory market. In the spring of 2004, Cypress released electrical specifications for its 64 Kbit and 256 Kbit MRAM chips.  Cypress has stated that the MRAM devices have read and write times of 70 nS, an active power consumption 330 mW and an off current of 494 Watts. Write endurance was given at 1015 cycles. Samples of the devices were scheduled to be available at the end of 2004.

Cypress in 2004 also sold an interest (valued at $23.4 million) in NVE Corp in order to raise cash for development of its MRAM chips. Cypress had previously entered into an agreement to manufacture MRAM chips for NVE Corp.

IN-HOUSE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES

Cypress has in-house wafer fabrication facilities for the mass production of its integrated circuits. These facilities are primarily located in Minnesota. The company also has a development facility, called the Silicon Valley Technology Center (SVTC). That facility is  a 16,000-square foot cleanroom facility  for manufacturing development purposes, which is open to customers. Clients have included Matrix Semiconductor, Mosel Vitelic, Novellus, and Silecs. The facility is designed as a prototype manufacturing facility for advanced process

development in the areas of MEMS and nanotechnology.

Cypress also has a major test and assembly facility in the Philippines.

CUSTOMERS AND END-MARKETS

Cisco Systems Inc, EMC Corp, Epson, Logitech International SA, Motorola Inc, Primax Electronics Ltd, Sony Corp. andST Microelectronics NV.

COMPETITORS

Altera Corp, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, HitachiLtd., Integrated Device Technology Inc, Integrated Circuit Systems Inc, Motorola

Inc, National Semiconductor Corporation, PMC-Sierra Inc, Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd, STMicroelectronics NV, Texas Instruments Inc, Vitesse Semiconductor, and Xilinx, Inc.