CY7C4255

The CY7C4255/65 are high-speed, low-power, first-in first-out (FIFO) memories with clocked read and write interfaces. All are 18 bits wide and are pin/functionally compatible to the CY7C42X5 Synchronous FIFO family. The CY7C4255/65 can be cascaded to increase FIFO depth. Programmable features
include Almost Full/Almost Empty flags. These FIFOs provide solutions for a wide variety of data buffering needs, including high-speed data acquisition, multiprocessor interfaces, and communications buffering.

These FIFOs have 18-bit input and output ports that are controlled by separate clock and enable signals. The input port is controlled by a free-running clock (WCLK) and a write enable pin (WEN).

When WEN is asserted, data is written into the FIFO on the rising edge of the WCLK signal. While WEN is held active, data is continually written into the FIFO on each cycle. The output port is controlled in a similar manner by a free-running read clock (RCLK) and a read enable pin (REN). In addition, the CY7C4255/65 have an output enable pin (OE). The read and write clocks may be tied together for single-clock operation or the two clocks may be run independently for asynchronous read/write applications. Clock frequencies up to 100 MHz are achievable.