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YOKOHAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation of San Jose California and Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED) today announced that they have jointly developed a USB 3.0 device interface card. The inrevium* TB-FMCL-USB30, available from TED, utilizes Cypress's EZ-USB® FX3™ controller to implement the new SuperSpeed USB and achieve a data rate of 5 Gbps, ten times that of USB 2.0.

The TB-FMCL-USB30 is an FPGA mezzanine card (FMC) that connects to a PC interface capable of a maximum data rate of 5 Gbps. It utilizes the Cypress EZ-USB FX3 device which supports SuperSpeed USB implementation. The TB-FMCL-USB30 allows on-board testing of USB 3.0 to be conducted simply by connecting it to the mother board. The accompanying reference design allows access to the slave peripherals supporting AMBA® 4 AXI4™ (Advanced eXtensible Interface 4) implemented in a Xilinx FPGA, and users can take advantage of the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) to simplify the addition of a USB 3.0 interface into AXI4-based FPGA designs. The TB-FMCL-USB30 is released under TED's inrevium brand.

The EZ-USB FX3 is one of the first USB 3.0 peripheral controllers in the industry, and the only programmable solution to date. It is equipped with a fully configurable General Programmable Interface (GPIF™ II) capable of supporting data rates up to 400 MBps. GPIF II enables FX3 to interface directly with any processor, ASIC or FPGA. The GPIF Designer, a graphical user interface (GUI) tool kit, helps system designers to configure the GPIF interface to their needs. Several popular system interfaces are provided as examples, including FIFO, SRAM, asynchronous and synchronous multiplexed address/data. 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, I2C and I2S. In short, FX3 provides highly flexible and integrated features that enable developers to add USB 3.0 connectivity to any system.

"We are glad to see a leader such as TED providing a timely USB 3.0 solution to enable the SuperSpeed market," said Mark Fu, Senior Director of Cypress's SuperSpeed USB Business Unit. "The FPGA mezzanine card with EX-USB FX3 is an excellent example of USB 3.0 enablers that will drive USB 3.0 adoption into many embedded applications."

Similarly, Yasuo Hatsumi, Vice President of the Solution Business at TED, expressed his hopes by saying, "We are pleased to have worked together with Cypress, who have already introduced various USB products into the market, for the development of a USB 3.0 interface card, which is now becoming widely spread for PC's and home electronic appliances. TED will continue to place an emphasis on the collaboration with our partners to push forward new solution proposals to enable quicker FPGA development."

The TB-FMCL-USB30 is marketed directly by TED for a diverse range of embedded applications that require a USB 3.0 interface, with a target of annual sales of 1,000 boards in 2014. The motherboards of this interface card available from TED to which the TB-FMCL-USB30 can be connected consist of evaluation platforms fitted with the Virtex®-6 FPGA or Spartan®-6 FPGA as well as the Kintex®-7 ACDC1.0 base board released in January 2012. An evaluation platform with a Virtex-7 FPGA is also currently under development.
More information about the TB-FMCL-USB30 can be found at http://solutions.inrevium.com/products/fmc/peripherals_debug/index.html and information about available motherboards at http://solutions.inrevium.com/products/index.html.

  TB-FMCL-USB30 Features ? FMC card for LPC ? Supports USB 3.0 devices* ? Incorporates Cypress Semiconductor EZ-USB FX3 (CYUSB3014) ? USB Type-B connector ? 128 Mbit SPI Flash ROM ? Includes following pin headers for debugging - RS-232 - JTAG - I2C - I2S - SPI *: Does not support host devices.   EX-USB FX3 Features - Integration: Highly integrated USB 3.0 peripheral controller with internal PHY - High performance: ARM9 processor and 512 kB RAM for data processing - Connectivity: I2C, I2S, SPI, and UART peripherals - Flexibility: Proprietary 32-bit, 100 MHz GPIF II technology - Low power: Low-voltage core (1.2 V) with independent power domains - Flexible clock: Selectable between 19.2, 26, 38.4, or 52 MHz clock input or 19.2 MHz crystal oscillator - Small footprint: 10 mm x 10 mm, 0.8 mm pitch, 121-ball BGA package   TB-FMCL-USB30 Availability On sale from March 2012

* EZ-USB is a registered trademark and FX3 and GPIF are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. The Xilinx name and logo as well as Kintex, Virtex, Spartan, and any other brand names that appear in this news release are registered trademarks or trademarks of Xilinx, Inc. in the USA and other countries. AMBA and AXI4 are trademarks of ARM Ltd. Any other company or product names that appear in this news release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

About Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
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® programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives such as PowerPSoC® solutions for high-voltage and LED lighting applications, 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. Cypress is also a leader in high-performance memories and programmable timing devices. 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 http://www.cypress.com.

About Tokyo Electron Device
Tokyo Electron Device is a technical trading firm that provides semiconductor products and business solutions as well as commissioned design and the development of its own brand products.
URL: http://www.teldevice.co.jp/eng/

*About inrevium
Leveraging on rich design and development experiences accumulated at its design development center that was established in 1985, Tokyo Electron Device is focusing on development businesses through its "inrevium" brand to provide design services (commissioned designing services) based on customer requirements as well as self-developed products that anticipate future market needs. Currently, TED provides over 60 types of products.
inrevium special site URL: http://solutions.inrevium.com/

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TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE ANNOUNCES Joint Development with Cypress Semiconductor of USB 3.0 Device Interface Card