12 Facts About Cypress Semiconductors

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Cypress Semiconductors Semiconductor was an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company.

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Cypress Semiconductors initially focused on the design and development of high speed CMOS SRAMs, EEPROMs, PAL devices, and TTL devices.

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In November 2011, Cypress Semiconductors backed a packaging firm called Deca Technologies, Inc.

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In December 2014, Cypress Semiconductors Semiconductor merged with Spansion in an all-stock deal worth $1.

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Cypress Semiconductors Semiconductor is a component of the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index.

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6.

Cypress Semiconductors attempted to acquire Integrated Silicon Solution Inc in 2015 but was thwarted by a competing bid by Chinese buyer consortium Uphill Investment Co.

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Also in 2015, Cypress Semiconductors tried to acquire Atmel, but was outbid by Dialog Semiconductor .

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Under the terms of the deal, Cypress Semiconductors will acquire Broadcom's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee IoT product lines and intellectual property, along with its WICED brand and developer ecosystem.

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Cypress Semiconductors was headquartered in San Jose, CA and had manufacturing plants in Austin, TX and Bloomington, MN, assembly and test operations in the Philippines and Bangkok, Thailand.

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Cypress Semiconductors had design facilities in the United States, Japan, Germany, India, China, Ukraine, Ireland, Malaysia and other locations.

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Cypress Semiconductors had previously divested a large portion of its San Jose campus to SVTC, SunPower and Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.

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12.

Since its founding, Cypress Semiconductors has acted as an incubator for wholly owned subsidiaries which are given a degree of autonomy and has acquired other small technology companies.

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