Date: 22/10/2010

ZTE selects Cypress's SRAM devices for its Ethernet switches

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has announced that ZTE Corporation has selected Cypress's QDRII (Quad Data Rate) SRAM devices for the new ZXCME 9500 series of Ethernet switches. Cypress's 65-nm 72-Mbit QDRII SRAMs can clock at speeds up to 550 MHz.

"The excellent speed and low latency of Cypress's SRAMs are instrumental in the outstanding performance that the ZXCME 9500 series offers our customers," said Li Hongqi, product development manager at ZTE. "Cypress has a well established history as a leader in SRAM technology, making them a supplier we trust for multiple products."

"When leading networking companies such as ZTE choose our SRAMs, we know that we are providing winning products," said David Kranzler, Vice President of Sync and Timing Products at Cypress. "Cypress was first to market with 65-nm SRAM devices, proof of our commitment to supporting the SRAM market long-term and to building on our leadership position."

The ZXCME 9500 series Metro Ethernet products offer carrier-class bearing and transport of multiple services, mainly positioned at the core/aggregation layer of a Metro Network.

QDRII devices feature an On-Die Termination (ODT) to eliminate external termination resistors. The 65-nm devices use a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) instead of a Delay Locked Loop (DLL), which enables a 35 percent wider data valid window.