Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY), the market leader in
capacitive touch-sensing solutions, today announced that it shipped its
one billionth CapSense®
capacitive touch-sensing controller. Cypress's CapSense
touch-sensing solutions have replaced more than five billion mechanical
buttons, with four times the sales of its nearest competitor.
To commemorate the milestone, Cypress is offering a 50% discount for a
limited time on all CapSense
development kits. Customer testimonials, a timeline of Cypress
CapSense innovation and a CapSense video are available at www.cypress.com/go/CapSense_Events.
The demand for capacitive touch-sensing solutions has continued to grow
quickly. Cypress CapSense solutions have raised the bar on advanced
features such as proximity sensing, water tolerance, passive stylus
support and gloved-finger sensing, adding differentiation to
next-generation user interfaces. Cypress customers have designed
CapSense into smartphones, laptops, consumer electronics, home
appliances, medical equipment and automotive applications.
“We would like to thank our customers for helping us to achieve this
important milestone,” said Hassane El-Khoury, executive vice president
of Cypress’s Programmable Systems Division. “Cypress will continue to
develop innovative capacitive-sensing products that are easy to use and
that pave the way for the next generation of user-interface
applications.”
“We expect the global market for capacitive touch-sensing controllers to
post a robust CAGR of 15% through the year 2020,” said Shrinivas
Shikaripurkar, manager for the Electronics & Semiconductor practice at
research analysis firm MarketsandMarkets. “As per MarketsandMarkets
analysis, Cypress is poised to further grow its market share on account
of significant product enhancements, such as having very high
signal-to-noise ratio with ultra-low-power capability for its devices.”
Cypress’s CapSense portfolio, the industry's broadest and most
integrated, enhances industrial design and reliability with the world’s
most noise-immune and water-tolerant capacitive touch-sensing
interfaces, including proximity sensing, where direct touch is not
required. CapSense controllers feature the industry’s widest operating
voltage range and multiple low-power modes, making them highly suitable
for regulated and unregulated battery-operated applications. Cypress’s
revolutionary SmartSense™ Auto-Tuning algorithm saves design and
production cycles, accelerating time-to-market for CapSense customers,
while ensuring optimal sensor performance during run-time. Cypress also
simplifies designs with its EZ-Click™
customizer tool, GUI-based software that combines device
configuration, visual feedback, and production line testing for
streamlined register configuration of controllers in its CapSense
Express™ family. More information is available at www.cypress.com/go/capsense.
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, PSoC 4, and PSoC 5LP programmable system-on-chip families. Cypress is
the world leader in capacitive user interface solutions including
CapSense touch sensing, TrueTouch® touchscreens, and trackpad
solutions for notebook PCs and peripherals. Cypress is a world leader in
USB controllers, which enhance connectivity and performance in a wide
range of consumer and industrial products. Cypress is also the world
leader in SRAM and nonvolatile RAM memories. Cypress serves numerous
major 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, CapSense, PSoC, and TrueTouch are registered
trademarks and SmartSense, EZ-Click, and CapSense Express are trademarks
of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are property of
their owners.
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