Cypress Semiconductor
Defunct American semiconductor company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cypress Semiconductor was an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It offered NOR flash memories, F-RAM and SRAM Traveo microcontrollers, PSoC programmable system-on-chip solutions, analog and PMIC Power Management ICs, CapSense capacitive touch-sensing controllers, Wireless BLE Bluetooth Low-Energy and USB connectivity solutions.
Industry | Semiconductors |
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Founded | 1982; 42 years ago (1982) |
Defunct | 2020 (purchased by Infineon Technologies) |
Fate | 2020 (acquired by Infineon Technologies) |
Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Revenue | US$2.48 billion (2018) |
US$164.43 million (2018) | |
US$354.83 million (2018) | |
Total assets | US$3.69 billion (2018) |
Total equity | US$2.12 billion (2018) |
Number of employees | 5,846 (2018) |
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Website | cypress |
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Its headquarters were in San Jose, California, with operations in the United States, Ireland, India and the Philippines.[2]
In April 2016, Cypress Semiconductors announced the acquisition of Broadcom’s Wireless Internet of Things Business. The deal was closed in July 2016.[3]
In June 2019, Infineon Technologies announced it would acquire Cypress for $9.4 billion.[4][5] The deal closed in April 2020, making Infineon one of the world's top 10 semiconductor manufacturers.[6][7]
Some of its main competitors included Microchip Technology, NXP Semiconductors, Renesas Electronics and Micron Technology.