Date: 08/11/2008

Cypress to set up a lab and donate $200k to Anna University Chennai

Cypress Semiconductor and Anna University Chennai, India signed agreement to set up a joint Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) laboratory in the department of electronics and communications engineering, college of engineering, Guindy campus.
As part of the agreement, Cypress will provide hands-on training to the faculty and students of Anna University Chennai, in addition to free hardware kits and software tools valued at over $200,000 USD. Anna University Chennai will provide the facilities for the laboratory.

"Anna University is pleased to partner with an industry leader such as Cypress for this new laboratory," said Mannar Jawahar of Anna university. "We have developed a strong connection with Cypress, including the training of 25 faculty members, an industry project in medical electronics and the recruitment of talented graduates. This agreement strengthens our partnership; our students and faculty will derive rich benefits from designing on the flexible PSoC platform, and Cypress benefits from increased PSoC knowledge within the many talented designers in our student body."

"Cypress is committed to develop the next generation of designers in India," said Patrick Kane, Director of University Relations at Cypress. "This agreement is one example of our commitment to premier engineering institutions in India. Cypress has also launched a nationwide design contest for undergraduate and graduate-level engineering students in India (www.psocidcindia.com).