New WICED® Studio 4 Software Development Kit Enables Designs with Multiple Wireless Protocols in a Single Tool and Cloud Connectivity in Minutes

MUNICH, Nov. 8, 2016 — (PRNewswire) — Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced a new version of its development platform for the Internet of Things (IoT) that enables wireless connectivity in minutes. The Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED®) Studio 4 platform provides a single development environment for multiple wireless technologies, including Cypress's world-class Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®  and combo solutions, with an easy-to-use application programming interface. The WICED platform supports the most popular cloud services and eliminates the need for developers to implement the various protocols to connect to them, reducing development time and costs. Developers can access the WICED Studio 4 platform, ecosystem and community at  http://www.cypress.com/wicedcommunity.

"Many IoT applications are trending toward combo solutions that enable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and alternative connectivity protocols, and every IoT developer is looking for a simple migration path to connectivity upgrades," said Mike Hogan, Vice President of the IoT Business Unit at Cypress. "Our new WICED Studio 4 development platform provides a single tool for designs with multiple wireless protocols, streamlining the design process and allowing our customers to get their innovative connected products to market faster."

The Cypress WICED Studio 4 development platform features the world's most integrated and interoperable wireless software development kit (SDK). The kit includes the market's most broadly deployed and rigorously tested Wi-Fi and Bluetooth protocol stacks, and it offers simplified application programming interfaces that free developers from needing to learn about complex wireless technologies. In line with the IoT trend toward dual-mode connectivity, the kit supports both Cypress's CYW 43438 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combination solution and its low-power CYW 20719 Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) combination solution, which is now sampling to lead customers. The SDK features a single installer package for multiple wireless technologies with an Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that runs on multiple operating systems, including Windows, MacOS and Linux.

The WICED Studio 4 SDK enables cloud connectivity in minutes with its robust libraries that uniquely integrate popular cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, IBM Bluemix, Alibaba Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, along with services from private cloud partners. The SDK provides support for Apple's HomeKit home automation platform to Apple licensees, and it will soon add support for China's key Weibo social media platform.

Cypress's WICED Studio 4 connectivity suite is microcontroller (MCU)-agnostic and provides ready support for a variety of third-party MCUs to address the needs of complex IoT applications. The platform also enables cost efficient solutions for simple IoT applications by integrating MCU functionality into the connectivity device. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth protocol stacks can run transparently on a host MCU or in embedded mode, allowing for flexible platform architectures with common firmware.

Cypress is demonstrating the WICED Studio 4 SDK, along with its full portfolio of IoT solutions for connected cars, the industrial IoT, smart home appliances, wearables and a wide range of applications, here at the Electronica 2016 trade show in hall A5 stand 318 of the Messe München from November 8-11. The portfolio enables developers to combine Cypress's state-of-the-art Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ZigBee^® IoT connectivity solutions with its MCU, PSoC^® programmable system-on-chip and CapSense^® capacitive-sensing solutions, analog Power Management ICs (PMICs), USB-based connectivity solutions and high-performance memories to get products to market quickly.

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About Cypress
Founded in 1982, Cypress is the leader in advanced embedded system solutions for the world's most innovative automotive, industrial, home automation and appliances, consumer electronics and medical products. Cypress's programmable systems-on-chip, general-purpose microcontrollers, analog ICs, wireless and USB-based connectivity solutions and reliable, high-performance memories help engineers design differentiated products and get them to market first. Cypress is committed to providing customers with the best support and engineering resources on the planet enabling innovators and out-of-the-box thinkers to disrupt markets and create new product categories in record time. To learn more, go to www.cypress.com.

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