SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY) today announced the appointment of Arthur C. Woodward as senior vice president of Worldwide Manufacturing. Woodward will report directly to President and CEO T.J. Rodgers. Woodward will be responsible for back-end assembly and test manufacturing, production control, package technology development, and worldwide procurement and logistics. In addition, he will head Cypress's Information Technology Group. "I'm enthusiastic about helping Cypress to supplement their world-class product and process development capability with a highly automated, flexible and cost effective assembly and test capability, linked by integrated planning, logistics, and procurement systems," Woodward said. Cypress Semiconductor Corp.