SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) more than doubled its network search engine (NSE) market share in 2003, a leading semiconductor market intelligence firm indicated recently. Cypress market share increased from 16 percent to 33 percent in 2003, according to a report by iSuppli principal analyst Betsy Van Hees.

"In 2003, Cypress's NSE sales increased by an impressive 140 percent to $28.3 million, while its nearest competitor's sales rose by a relatively meager three percent to $42.3 million," Van Hees said. iSuppli estimates the size of the total NSE market - including NSEs, binary content addressable memories (CAMs) and ternary CAMs (TCAMs) - was $85.7 million in 2003 up 17.7 percent from $72.7 million in 2002. The iSuppli report was summarized on the Silicon Strategies website at www.siliconstrategies.com. Silicon Strategies is a part of the EE Times information network.

"The 2003 NSE revenue numbers reflect the fact that Cypress has taken a substantial lead in the non-proprietary or commercial market," said Ralph Schmitt, vice president of marketing and sales at Cypress. "Five years ago, the Layer-3 switch segment represented the entire NSE market. Now a broad range of applications and companies are using these products. In the fourth quarter, 67 of our NSE design wins with 30 different customers were shipped. Looking forward we see NSEs making a significant impact on DSLAMs, CMTS, storage-switches, security systems and wireless basestation applications."

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.