Takachiho distributes Cypress products in Japan

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Takachiho Koheki Co. Ltd have reached a distribution agreement under which Takachiho will sell a complete range of Cypress products to the Japanese market.

Takachiho, a distributor of high-performance CMOS image sensors, began selling Cypress products when Cypress acquired FillFactory in August 2004. The new agreement will enable Takachiho to add many other Cypress products to its distribution portfolio, including fast SRAMs and other high-bandwidth memories, USB devices, timing technology solutions, physical layer devices, framers, network search engines, and PSoC programmable mixed signal arrays.

"Takachiho has a successful track record representing our CMOS image sensors in the Japanese market," said Michael Bollesen, managing director of sales for Cypress in Japan. "The company will help Cypress extend this line into commodity products such as digital still cameras and cell phones," Bollesen added.