Released on: October 16, 2008, 12:29 am

Press Release Author: Meghna

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Cypress designs and manufactures semiconductor solutions that
permit innovation around the world. Cypress offers PSoC, the premier programmable
mixed-signal controller; the TrueTouch multi-touch and gesture-based input system;
CapSense capacitive sensing; wireless USB; West Bridge ultra-fast peripheral
controllers; as well as general purpose clock generators, image sensors, memory,
optical sensors, and more.

Press Release Body: Cypress Touchscreen Webinar on June 25 Helps System Designers
Choose Between Single-touch, Multi-touch Gestures and Multi-touch All-point
Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 18, 2008 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today
announced a free online seminar that looks at touchscreen technology and its various
applications and usage models. The 60-minute webinar entitled "Designing Compelling
User Interfaces with Multi-Touch All-Point Touchscreen Technology" will be presented
in conjunction with Electronic Engineering Times on Wednesday, June 25 at 9:00 a.m.
PDT.
Touchscreens have become the user interface of choice for many applications,
enabling users to directly interact with the varied content within a display. From
single-touch and multi-touch gestures to multi-touch all-point-simultaneously
interpreting any number of independent points on the screen-users can now manipulate
many more functions easily and intuitively. The webinar will start by explaining
what touchscreen technology is and how it works. The presenters will then review
different usage models designers should consider for incorporating touchscreen
functionality in system designs. Interested parties can get more information and
register at http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1271&d=2237.
"This webinar will give engineers an understanding of the latest developments in
touchscreen technology, empowering them to decide what level of interface
functionality best fits their system," said Babak Hedayati, senior vice president of
Marketing and Applications for Cypress. "Cypress is uniquely positioned to help
designers leverage this hot technology based on our leadership across multiple forms
of touch-sensing interfaces.
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 PSoC(r) Programmable System-on-Chip(tm), USB controllers, general-purpose
programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless
connectivity solutions ranging from its WirelessUSB(tm) radio system-on-chip, to West
Bridge(tm) and EZ-USB(r) FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in
multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer,
computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Cypress
trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at
www.cypress.com.
www.cypress.com/go/se/18_June_all_point


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