relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message cypress semiconductor corporation type public traded as nasdaq cy industry semiconductors founded silicon valley california united states 1982 headquarters san jose california united states number of locations 14 design centers 40 sales offices 2000 key people hassane el khoury president and ceo revenue us 1.627 billion 2015 1 number of employees 6 279 2015 divisions programmable systems division memory product division data communications division emerging technologies division division website www.cypress.com cypress semiconductor corporation is an american semiconductor design and manufacturing company . it offers nor flash memories f ram and sram traveo microcontrollers the industry s only psoc programmable system on chip solutions analog and pmic power management ics capsense capacitive touch sensing controllers wireless ble bluetooth low energy and usb connectivity solutions . it was 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 nov. 12 2009 . 2 its headquarters are in san jose california and it has operations in the united states ireland india and the philippines . cypress named hassane el khoury its president and chief executive officer and announced he will join the board of directors on aug. 11 2016 . 3 some of its main competitors include microchip technology nxp renesas and micron . in april 2016 cypress semiconductors announced the acquisition of broadcom s wireless internet of things business . contents 1 acquisition and internal startup strategy 1.1 subsidiaries 1.2 spansion cypress merger 1.3 broadcom wireless internet of things acquisition 1.4 failed bid for integrated silicon solution inc. 1.5 patents 2 locations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links acquisition and internal startup strategy edit 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 4 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 subsidiaries edit in addition cypress has incorporated some of its technology into subsidiaries 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 . agigatech inc. sells non volatile random access memory ram and is based in san diego ca . it was acquired during the simtek purchase in august 2008 and marks the second time that cypress acquired a start up venture from founder ron sartore who co founded anchor chips as well . in november 2011 cypress also backed a packaging firm called deca technologies inc. 5 in april 2016 it was announced that advanced semiconductor engineering inc. will invest 60 million in deca and will license deca s m series fan out wafer level packaging fowlp technologies and processes . as part of the agreement ase group and deca will jointly develop the m series fan out manufacturing process and will expand production of chip scale packages using this technology . 6 spansion cypress merger edit in december 2014 cypress semiconductor merged with spansion in an all stock deal worth 1.59 billion . the merger represented the combination of two companies that were no. 1 in their respective memory markets and have successfully diversified into embedded processing . 7 in march 2015 cypress and spansion closed the merger in an all stock tax free transaction valued at approximately 5 billion . cypress shareholders approved the issuance of 2.457 shares of cypress stock to spansion shareholders for each spansion share they own . the merger is expected to achieve more than 135 million in cost synergies on an annualized basis within three years and to be accretive to non gaap earnings within the first full year after the transaction closes . broadcom wireless internet of things acquisition edit in april 2016 cypress announced the acquisition of broadcom s wireless internet of things iot business and related assets in an all cash transaction valued at 550 million . under the terms of the deal cypress will acquire broadcom s wi fi bluetooth and zigbee iot product lines and intellectual property along with its wiced brand and developer ecosystem . 8 failed bid for integrated silicon solution inc. edit cypress attempted in 2015 to acquire integrated silicon solution inc. in 2015 but was thwarted by a competing bid by chinese buyer consortium uphill investment co. which included gigadevice a major competitor in the nor flash market . this buyer consortium offered a higher bid than cypress and successfully acquired issi for 731 million . 9 patents edit at the time of its merger with spansion in 2015 cypress semiconductor had more than 7 000 us and foreign patents . 10 cypress semiconductor is a component of the ocean tomo 300 patent index . 11 locations edit cypress is headquartered in san jose ca and has manufacturing plants in austin tx and bloomington mn assembly and test operations in the philippines and bangkok thailand . cypress has design facilities in the united states including san jose ca ; lynnwood wa ; colorado springs co ; lexington ky ; san diego ca ; and beaverton or japan tokyo germany langen and munich india bangalore china shanghai ukraine lviv ireland cork and other locations . cypress has divested a large portion of its san jose campus to svtc sunpower and second harvest food bank . see also edit companies portal san francisco bay area portal sunpower list of semiconductor fabrication plants references edit 2015 cypress semiconductor annual report pdf . cypress semiconductor corp. to switch stock exchange listing to nasdaq on november 12 . 2009 10 30 . retrieved 2009 10 30 . clark don 2016 08 11 . cypress semiconductor picks new ceo from auto tech . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 08 23 . bloomberg . company overview of ic works inc. . retrieved august 25 2016 . dylan mcgrath ee times . cypress backed packaging firm launches . november 9 2011 . retrieved november 9 2011 . cypress subsidiary deca technologies to receive 60 million investment from ase . cypress and spansion complete 5 billion all stock merger . cypress to pay 550 million for broadcom s iot business ee times . eetimes . retrieved 2016 06 07 . issi shareholders approve acquisition by uphill investment . bloomberg . june 30 2015 . cypress semiconductor 2015 form 10 k annual report . 300 patent index . ocean tomo . retrieved on 2013 11 20 . external links edit official cypress website v t e programmable logic concepts asic soc fpga logic block cpld epld pla pal gal reconfigurable computing xputer soft microprocessor circuit underutilization languages verilog a ams 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