Cypress Semiconductor has named Ludwig Klingenbeck as the new Managing Director of the German GmbH as well as Sales Manager for Central Europe. He is stationed at the German subsidiary in Zorneding near Munich and is responsible for activities in Germany and Austria. Klingenbeck comes from QuickLogic where he was Managing Director for five years with responsibility of expanding the sales activities in Central Europe. Before that he spent 3 years at Anadigm, a manufacturer of programmable analogue systems. He succeeds Gerd Wummel who has left the company.