Product category:
Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 July 2006
Programmable arrays gain market
acceptance
Cypress Semiconductor has now shipped more than 100 million of its PSoC programmable system-on-chip mixed-signal array devices.
Cypress Semiconductor has now shipped more than 100 million of its PSoC programmable system-on-chip mixed-signal array devices, demonstrating wide acceptance of this high-performance cost-effective mixed-signal integration platform Cypress is currently shipping PSoC devices to more than 2000 customers in Asia, Europe and the USA in applications as diverse as consumer electronics, handsets, computing and networking equipment, industrial systems, and automotive systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cypress announced that it had surpassed the 50 million units shipped mark in December 2005.
"In less than six months, we have gone from 50 million to 100 million PSoC devices shipped, doubling our entire total for the first three years of production", said George Saul, Vice President of Cypress's PSoC business.
"The PSoC architecture is universally appealing due to its analogue, digital, and IO flexibility, design ease-of-use, and system-level cost reductions".
"We see customers adopting PSoC as an architectural platform where they previously used a microcontroller, ASIC or a standard product".
"With each new customer engagement, further design opportunities are generated as we develop a loyal base of PSoC enthusiasts".
"We are in a position to see continued strong growth both from a market perspective and from additional manufacturing capacity that Cypress continues to bring on line".
"With 100 million PSoC devices shipped into different applications, Cypress is validating a configurable and reconfigurable design model involving processors and mixed logic and the seamless visual software programming tools supporting it", said Max Baron, Principal Analyst at market research firm In-Stat.
Cypress's new CapSense solution for capacitive interfaces is generating significant demand for PSoC devices.
A single CapSense device can replace dozens of mechanical switches and controls with simple, touch-sensitive controls.
CapSense-based button and slider controls are more reliable than their mechanical counterparts because they are not prone to the environmental wear-and-tear that affects exposed buttons and switches.
CapSense solutions have been implemented in numerous systems and applications, including mobile phones, white goods and consumer electronics devices.
Other areas of strong growth for PSoC devices include fan motor control, battery charging applications and LED control.
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