Cypress LED Controllers in MSi LED Light Bulbs Help Drive Major Energy Savings in Macy’s Stores Across the Country
December 22 2010 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:CY) today announced that its
LED power controller inside LED replacement lamps from MSi are
helping to drive major energy savings inside Macy’s stores around
the country.
Macy’s is replacing about 117,000 traditional incandescent light
bulbs in 86 stores with new LED lamps that use about 73 percent
less energy. Total energy savings are estimated at about 16,200
megawatts per hour every year, the equivalent of planting more than
65,500 trees. The LED lamps have an expected life of 10 years
(compared with less than one year for traditional bulbs), reducing
landfill disposal.
"Many retailers are a little concerned about the initial
investment of converting to LED lighting," said Bruce Johnson, MSi
managing partner, "But if they take the time to run the numbers as
Macy's has, they'll see that switching over produces a tremendous
return on their investment."
“It’s exciting to see our technology deliver significant
benefits in a major project such as Macy’s retrofit,” said Brian
Moody, director of Marketing for Cypress’s PowerPSoC business. “As
more companies see the tangible benefits of LED lighting, we can
see a ‘snowball effect’ leading to significant growth in which we
are well positioned to participate.”
About Cypress’s Intelligent Lighting Solutions
LED designs offer significant new challenges for legacy lighting
engineers, including efficient driving and functional dimming.
Cypress offers a full range of lighting solutions, beginning with
the stand-alone AC-DC Power Controllers for LED retrofits.
PowerPSoC, the world’s first programmable power controller,
provides the highest level of intelligent integration available,
combining onboard power regulation and power drive with a
microcontroller capable of 16-bit dimming to full custom color
mixing. Cypress offers temperature or optical feedback algorithms
that are automatically applied to the selected design, which can
save anywhere from weeks to months of design time. Cypress also
offers communication resources, including wireless and Powerline
solutions, for customers who wish to avoid expensive rewiring.
About MSi
Founded in 2000, MSi is dedicated to the design, development and
manufacturing of application specific solid-state lighting
products. With warehouse and distribution facilities in California
and Florida, multiple site drop shipment requirements are
facilitated on a complete and on-time cost efficient basis.
For more information about MSi and its lighting products, please
visit their website at www.MSiSSL.com or call 888-778-9864.
About Cypress
Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable
solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and
exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship
PSoC® programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives such as
PowerPSoC® solutions for high-voltage and LED lighting
applications, CapSense® touch sensing and TrueTouch™ solutions for
touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB controllers,
including the high-performance West Bridge® solution that enhances
connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress is
also a leader in high-performance memories and programmable timing
devices. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, mobile
handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial
and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at
www.cypress.com.
Cypress, the Cypress logo, PSoC, PowerPSoC, CapSense and West
Bridge are registered trademarks and TrueTouch is a trademark of
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are property of
their owners.
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