Cypress completes Broadcom wireless IoT acquisition

By Peggy Lee, Jul. 07, 2016 – Following the announcement in April, Cypress has completed its acquisition of Broadcom's wireless IoT business and claims to be the only company offering wireless radios, MCUs, memories and PMICs for embedded IoT systems.

"The world's leading innovators across the automotive, industrial and consumer markets are looking to connect their products, and starting today with the close of this acquisition, Cypress is now an IoT leader that can offer customers the industry's most advanced wireless radios and the ability to design products and get to market faster with the support of our WICED SDK and developer ecosystem," said Badri Kothandaraman, executive vice president of Cypress's Data Communications Division.

The Cypress wireless radio portfolio includes products based on advanced 40nm process technology, and the company is developing next-generation products on smaller, ultra-low-power technology nodes. This technology enables unparalleled integration of multiple radios that will allow Cypress to expand its wireless combinations, including its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth offerings that are ideal for a broad range of IoT products.

"Our multi-protocol Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products provide exceptional system value to our customers," added Kothandaraman. "We will continue to expand these offerings, and we will also look at ways to integrate our radios with our ARM-based PSoC programmable system-on-chip and MCU solutions, building on the success of our PSoC 4 BLE chips and EZ-BLE modules."

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