University of New Hampshire Offers New PSoC® Class

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that the University of New Hampshire (UNH) College of Engineering and Physical Sciences is offering a new course highlighting the PSoC^® programmable system-on-chip. The course, open to interested students and the community at large (for continuing education credits) is part of the Far View Distance Learning Program at UNH, allowing students to take the course remotely. More information and registration for the course is available at http://e-learn.unh.edu/coursesF10.html.

The course is entitled: ECE 994 - Vital Electronics: Networked Computing Using Programmable Systems-On-Chip. It is offered on Wednesday evenings from 5:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. It will use PSOC as the building block for the next-generation, networked embedded systems. The course will focus on sensing, controlling, and communicating challenges, as well as innovation, economics, validation, robustness, and the application domain. It will also use case studies, including sensorized laboratories; critical infrastructure monitoring and protection; and global design methodology for in-situ hardware development.

"We’re pleased to offer this important course to our students and interested community members,” said Professor Andrzej Rucinski, the course architect and instructor. "I believe the principles covered in this course are essential to those involved in designing next-generation embedded systems. The PSoC architecture is a perfect platform for this subject matter.”

"It’s gratifying to see more and more prestigious universities around the world adopt PSoC as an integral part of their curricula,” said Patrick Kane, director of Cypress’s University Alliance. "Professor Rucinski has developed a course that will be of great benefit to both current students and to practicing engineers who want to stay ahead of the curve in embedded design.”

About UNH Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Durham Campus of UNH offers fully accredited undergraduate, Masters and PhD. degree programs. The department also leads research in embedded systems, software engineering, electromagnetics, biomedical engineering, wireless communication systems, control systems, alternative energy, image and signal processing, mixed-signal VLSI and ubiquitous computing. The department’s mission is to providing an excellent educational experience for students and to make available the accumulative expertise, knowledge and experience of the ECE faculty to industry and government. More information is available at http://www.ece.unh.edu/index.htm.

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® 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 www.cypress.com.

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