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News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 July 2003
USB controller shipment milestone passed
Cypress Semiconductor has shipped its 250 millionth USB controller.
Cypress Semiconductor has shipped its 250 millionth USB controller The semiconductor devices, which began shipping in 1997, are used in a wide array of USB peripherals, hubs and embedded hosts
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fuelled by growing consumer demand for USB 2.0-enabled PCs and peripherals, Cypress shipped 79.3 million USB controllers in 2002, nearly doubling its run rate from the previous year.
"Reaching this significant milestone validates Cypress's technology leadership in the USB space and also calls attention to the ubiquity of USB as the preferred interface for connecting peripherals", said Brian O'Rourke, Senior Analyst at In-Stat/MDR.
"We believe that shipments of USB-enabled products worldwide will remain strong over the next four years, growing at a compound annual rate of 18.2% between 2002 and 2007".
"We see the market continuing to grow as USB matures beyond simple peripheral-to-PC connections", said Paul Novell, Wired Business Unit Managing Director for Cypress Semiconductor's Personal Communications Division.
"We are looking at peripheral-to-peripheral connections with USB On-the-Go, and exploring embedded applications that will bring other-standards-based devices into the USB world, taking advantage of the technology's plug-and-play flexibility and broad installed base".
Cypress's USB technology is designed into many consumer, retail and business products, ranging from mice, keyboards, hubs and mass storage peripherals, to video and multimedia players, set top boxes and photo printers.
The company's customer base includes some of the most-recognised brand names in the industry.
"Most consumers are unaware that Cypress is inside the products they're using, but growing sales of Cypress-enabled USB products speak volumes about their satisfaction with, and OEM commitment to the technology", Novell said.
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