NATICK, Mass. – September 3, 2010 – MathWorks today announced Release 2010b (R2010b) of its MATLAB andSimulink product families. The expanded set of tools and features in this release include:

• New communications system design capabilities in MATLAB
• Automated PID controls tuning
• GigE Vision hardware standard support
• Enhanced Simulink and Stateflow support for creating reusable models

R2010b also introduces SimRF, which adds system-level modeling of RF receiver architectures. This release updates 84 MathWorks products, including Polyspace code verification products.

Updates to MATLAB that support advanced programming include custom enumerated data types, 64-bit integer arithmetic, and a number of enhancements to the development environment.

Other MATLAB family highlights in R2010b include:

• Parallel Computing Toolbox: GPU support of CUDA-enabled NVIDIA hardware for accelerated computation
• Control System Toolbox: New commands and graphical tools for modeling and automatically tuning PID controllers
• Image Acquisition Toolbox: Plug-and-play camera input using the GigE Vision hardware standard
• Communications Blockset: New System objects for communications system design in MATLAB
• Fixed-Income Toolbox: New pricing and valuation functions for mortgage pools and credit default swap agreements

With R2010b, Simulink offers a new signal type and subsystem enhancements that help reduce block counts, simulation time, and memory usage for large models. New capabilities for capturing design variants and configurations in Simulink and creating reusable state charts in Stateflow help teams manage design alternatives and reuse large, complex system models.

Other Simulink family highlights in R2010b include:

• Simulink HDL Coder:
• New FPGA Workflow Advisor for critical path analysis and automated implementation on Xilinx and Altera FPGAs
• Area-speed optimizations that include resource sharing, streaming, and distributed pipelining
• Support for 42 blocks in Communications Blockset and Signal Processing Blockset
• Support for the DO-254 standard
• Simulink Verification and Validation: Test-harness generation, data logging, and test execution API for analyzing model subsystems and for automating component testing during simulation and code verification (requires Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder)
• SimRF: New circuit-envelope and harmonic balance simulation technology built on the Simscape platform for modeling RF system architectures
• Polyspace Server for C/C++ and Polyspace Server for Ada: Web interface for viewing project metrics

The new release is available immediately and is being provided to users with current subscriptions to MathWorks Software Maintenance Service. Additional information on R2010b product updates is available at http://www.mathworks.com/products/new_products/latest_features.html.

About MathWorks

MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multidomain dynamic and embedded systems. Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on these product families to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in automotive, aerospace, electronics, financial services, biotech-pharmaceutical, and other industries. MathWorks products are also fundamental teaching and research tools in the world’s universities and learning institutions. Founded in 1984, MathWorks employs more than 2200 people in 15 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA.

For additional information, visit www.mathworks.com.

• Integrated LCD Graphics Interface and Control 
• CapSense® Touch Sensing with SmartSense™ Algorithm
• Simplified Low-Power Design Capabilities

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 3, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced new features for its revolutionary PSoC Creator™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE)  for the PSoC® 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip families. PSoC Creator now supports enhanced low-power design techniques, new LCD design capabilities and faster, easier CapSense^® capacitive sensing design.  More information and free downloads of PSoC Creator are available at www.cypress.com/go/psoccreator.

PSoC Creator combines a state-of-the-art software development IDE with a revolutionary graphical design editor to form a uniquely powerful hardware/software co-design environment. It provides a rich library of dozens of pre-configured analog and digital peripherals that can easily be dropped into the schematic design canvas and combined into powerful systems. The tool automatically places components into the PSoC device, routes all on-chip signals and directs I/O to the optimum pins. Each peripheral component is carefully parameterized so that the implementation is automatically optimized to fit the developer’s needs perfectly with no wasted resources. The build process generates a consistent, easily remembered set of APIs for each component that allows the software developer to control the hardware without worrying about the underlying implementation. Customized designs, and their associated APIs, can even be saved in a library for future reuse and easily shared within an organization.

The latest version of PSoC Creator improves support for very low power designs with per-component control over sleep and hibernate behavior, allowing designers to selectively reduce power to certain parts of the chip without having to impact performance. It also introduces two powerful new LCD graphics components; one that communicates with the LCD panel via the popular i8080 interface and another that controls the panel directly, driving the control signals and managing the frame buffer in an external SRAM. In addition, PSoC Creator adds Cypress’s unique SmartSense™ algorithm to provide on-the-fly calibration of CapSense® applications, resulting in end-products that are easier to manufacture and perform better.

Cypress also offers fully functional, free compilers with no code size limitations for both the PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 device families. The Keil™ PK51 Professional Developer’s Kit for PSoC 3 and the CodeSourcery™ Sourcery G++™ Lite Edition for PSoC 5 are both bundled with the PSoC Creator distribution. PSoC Creator also includes a built-in debugger to support the on-chip JTAG and serial wire debug functionality provided in all PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices. Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) supported include Keil™ RTX51 Tiny, Micrium µC/OS-III™, and SEGGER embOS.

“Our customers tell us every day that PSoC Creator represents the future of embedded design,” said Gahan Richardson, vice president of PSoC Products for Cypress. “These features make designing easier and more powerful for engineers, and we’re actively developing a steady stream of new components and enhancements to PSoC Creator that reduce our customers’ time-to-market.”

About PSoC Creator

PSoC Creator is a unique design software enables engineers to design the way they think, using schematic-based design capture along with certified, pre-packaged peripherals to keep system creation independent of the target PSoC device. Instead of trawling through device documentation and memorizing register maps, users simply lay out the design, just as they would on paper or a whiteboard, and let the tool translate it into the PSoC configuration. With PSoC Creator, customers create designs according to application requirements, not the limitations of the target device. Re-targeting to new devices is as simple as rebuilding an application, so porting designs between PSoC devices becomes a snap, including migrating working designs seamlessly from 8- to 32-bit devices.

PSoC — Because Change Happens

PSoC devices employ a highly configurable system-on-chip architecture for embedded control design, offering a flash-based equivalent of a field-programmable ASIC without lead-time or NRE penalties. PSoC devices integrate configurable analog and digital circuits, controlled by an on-chip microcontroller, providing both enhanced design revision capability and component count savings. A single PSoC device can integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions saving customers design time, board space and power consumption while improving system quality and reducing system cost.

The flexible PSoC resources allow designers to future-proof their products by enabling firmware-based changes during design, validation, production, and in the field. The unique PSoC flexibility shortens design cycle time and allows for late-breaking feature enhancements. All PSoC devices are also dynamically reconfigurable, enabling designers to morph internal resources on-the-fly, utilizing fewer components to perform a given task. More information about PSoC products is available at www.cypress.com/psoc and free online training is at www.cypress.com/psoctraining.

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.