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Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company founded by T. J. Rodgers and others from Advanced Micro Devices. It was formed in 1982 with backing by Sevin Rosen and went public in 1986. The company initially focused on the design and development of high speed CMOS SRAMs, EEPROMs, PAL devices, and TTL logic devices. Two years after going public the company switched from the NASDAQ to the New York Stock Exchange. In October 2009, the company announced it would switch its listing to the NASDAQ on November 12, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cypress Semiconductor Corp. to Switch Stock Exchange Listing to NASDAQ on November 12 )〕 Its headquarters are in San Jose, California, and it has divisions in the United States, Ireland, India and the Philippines as well as a fabrication plant in Minnesota. Some of its main competitors include Microchip Technology, Integrated Device Technology, Samsung Electronics, and Xilinx. == Acquisition strategy == Since its founding, Cypress has acted as an incubator for wholly owned subsidiaries which are given a degree of autonomy and has acquired other small technology companies. In addition, Cypress has been an active acquirer of smaller technology companies; since the early-1990s these acquisitions have included: * Timing Technology: * * IC Design * * IC Works * * International Microcircuits Inc. * USB Technology: * * Anchor Chips * * In-System Design * * ScanLogic * PSoC Technology: * * Cypress Microsystems * RAM Technology: * * Galvantech, Inc. * * Cascade Semiconductor Corporation * * Simtek Corporation * * Ramtron * Radio Frequency Technology: * * Alation * * RadioCom * Solar cell technology * * SunPower (distributed to CY shareholders in 2008 as SPWRB stock) * * PowerLight * Image Sensors * * Silicon Light Machines * * FillFactory (sold to ON Semiconductor) * * SMaL Camera Technologies(Sold to Sensata Technologies in 2007) * Datacom/Telecom * * Arcus * * Silicon Packets * * Lara Networks * * HiBand Semiconductors In addition, Cypress has incorporated some of its technology into subsidiaries, in order to speed up development of such products as the PSoC Programmable System-on-Chip (SoC) that integrates analog and digital components with a microcontroller on a single chip to form a complete solution for embedded systems. In November 2011, Cypress also backed a packaging firm called Deca Technologies, Inc.〔Dylan McGrath, EE Times. "(Cypress-backed packaging firm launches )." November 9, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.〕 In December 2014, Cypress Semiconductor merged with Spansion in an all-stock deal worth $1.59 billion. Shareholders of each side will own about 50 percent of the new company, which will keep the name Cypress Semiconductor Corp. The companies valued the deal at $4 billion. They expect it to close in the first half of 2015, and they expect to cut annual costs by $135 million within three years. Cypress President and CEO T.J. Rodgers will be CEO of the combined company, which is expected to have $2 billion in annual revenue. Spansion Chairman Ray Bingham will be non-executive chairman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cypress Semiconductor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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