About Cypress Semiconductor

Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE: CY) is a Silicon Valley-based 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 where it continues to trade under the symbol (NYSE: CY). Its headquarters are in San Jose, California, and it has divisions in the United States, India and the Philippines as well as fabs in Minnesota and Texas.

Some its main competitors include Integrated Device Technology, Samsung Electronics, and Xilinx.

Since soon after its founding, Cypress has sought to unleash entrepreneurial forces by acting as incubator for wholly owned subsidiaries which are given a degree of autonomy, or by outright acquisition of other small technology companies. Since the mid-1990s the acquisitions have included:

• PSoC
  • Programmable System on a Chip.
• Timing Technology:
  • IC Works
  • International Microcircuits Inc.
• USB Technology:
  • Anchor Chips
  • In-System Design
  • ScanLogic
• SRAM Technology:
  • Galvantech, Inc.
  • Cascade Semiconductor Corporation
• Radio Frequency Technology:
  • RadioCom
  • Alation
• Solar Cell Technology
  • SunPower
  • PowerLight
• Image Sensors
  • Silicon Light Machines
  • FillFactory
  • SMaL Camera Technologies(Sold to Sensata Technologies in 2007)
• Network Technology

  • Silicon Packets
  • Lara Networks
  • HiBand Semiconductors

Major Product Offerings

• General Purpose Clock generators
• Control Communications
• Image sensors
• Memory
• Optical Sensors
• PSoC Mixed-Signal Controllers
• Physical Layer Devices
• Programmable Logic Devices
• Solar Cells
• Universal Serial Bus
• West Bridge Peripheral Controllers
• Wireless

About West Coast Engineering

For over 23 years, West Coast Engineering (WCE) has been supplying electronics to OEMs, CEMs and distributors worldwide. Located in Hawthorne California, near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), West Coast Engineering has established itself as a premier independent distributor specializing in providing electronic components for the military, aeronautical, medical, automotive and commercial manufacturing industries. Cypress Semiconductor is one of the hundreds of manufacturers that WCE carries on its linecard.

WCE has the techology and resources to handle any size transaction, no matter how big or small.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1984
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
• Other Locations: Futain, Shenzhen ▪ China PRC ▪ Brazil

West Coast Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service to customers with its large diverse inventory stocked in its ISO9001:2000 and ESD compliant 70,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Year after year, West Coast Engineering has been considered a top independent distributor because of its principled reputation built on longstanding relationships with a dedicated customer base.

WCE's strategies differ from any other independent distributors. Listed below are some of the added measures that WCE takes to make sure that OEMs, CEMs and distributors have peace of mind when placing orders for electornic components, selling excess inventory, forming strategic alliances, and purchasing RoHS or
non-RoHS parts.