YUAN Selects Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3™ Controller For World's First USB 3.0 Video Capture Box

  YUAN Selects Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3™ Controller For World's First USB 3.0
  Video Capture Box

   The UB530 Full HD USB 3.0 Raw Data Capture Box Accepts Video Input from
          Set-Top Boxes, Media Players, HD Cameras and Game Consoles

Business Wire

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- August 01, 2012

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:CY) today announced that YUAN, a leading
audio/video equipment manufacturer in Taiwan, has selected Cypress’s EZ-USB^®
FX3™ controller for its UB530 USB 3.0 high-definition (HD) video capture box.
The UB530 stores video input from a variety of sources, including set-top
boxes, media players, HD cameras and game consoles. Cypress’s FX3 solution
provides a USB 3.0 device bridge to allow full HD data transfer and streaming
at 5 Gbps.

EZ-USB FX3 is the industry’s only programmable USB 3.0 peripheral controller.
It is equipped with a fully configurable General Programmable Interface (GPIF™
II), which can be programmed in 8-, 16- and 32-bit configurations with data
rates as high as 400 Megabytes per second. GPIF II enables FX3 to interface
directly to any processor, ASIC or FPGA. This high performance and flexibility
was critical to enabling YUAN’s UB530 to interface with a wide range of data
sources. More information on Cypress’s EZ-USB FX3 controller is available at
www.cypress.com/go/usb.

“High definition video and audio data transfer is an application that is
well-suited for USB 3.0,” said Jayant Somani, senior director of worldwide
marketing for Cypress’s Data Communication Division. “YUAN’s ground breaking
UB530 video capture box leverages the unique programmability of Cypress’s
EZ-USB FX3 solution to support multiple video inputs. We’re pleased to work
with YUAN to bring it to market.”

“We’re proud to have introduced the first USB 3.0 full HD video capture box
designed for consumer applications,” said Dr. C.Y. Ying, Director of Research
and Development for YUAN. “The diversity of video and audio formats and
sources was a big challenge for our designers, and the Cypress EZ-USB FX3 was
the only solution that met our demands for both performance and flexibility.
In addition, Cypress cooperated closely with our design teams to help launch
the UB530 quickly. At YUAN, we are committed to using cutting-edge
technologies to deliver high-quality, high-performance products to our
customers.”

About EZ-USB FX3

EZ-USB FX3 provides SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity in virtually any system.
The on-chip ARM9 CPU core with 512KB RAM delivers 200 MIPS of computational
power and is available for applications that require local data processing.
Additionally, FX3 provides interfaces to connect to serial peripherals such as
SPI, UART, I^2C and I^2S. In short, FX3 provides highly flexible and
integrated features that enable developers to add USB 3.0 connectivity to any
system.

EZ-USB FX3 is in volume production now, available in a small 121-ball BGA with
dimensions of 10 mm x 10 mm x 1.2 mm with a 0.8-mm pitch.

About YUAN High-Tech

YUAN, with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, is a leading force in the digital
home entertainment, broadcasting, and surveillance markets, delivering an
extensive range of high-quality solutions for system integrator and ODM
customers. As one of the major providers to these markets, YUAN’s solutions
can be found within the products of leading ODM customers and channel partners
worldwide. For further information about YUAN and its products, please visit
www.yuan.com.tw.

About Cypress

Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that
provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value.
Cypress offerings include the flagship PSoC^® 1, PSoC 3, and PSoC 5
programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives, CapSense^® touch sensing
and TrueTouch^® solutions for touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB
controllers, including the high-performance West Bridge^® solution that
enhances connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets, PCs and tablets.
Cypress is also the world leader in SRAM memories. Cypress serves numerous
markets including consumer, mobile handsets, computation, data communications,
automotive, industrial and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at
www.cypress.com.

Cypress, the Cypress logo, EZ-USB, PSoC, CapSense, TrueTouch and West Bridge
are registered trademarks and FX3 and GPIF are trademarks of Cypress
Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are property of their owners.

Contact:

Cypress PR
Don Parkman, 408-943-4885
dsp@cypress.com