LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY - SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE

The undersigned, as an Executive Vice President of Cypress Semiconductor
Corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints Brad W. Buss,
Executive Vice President and CFO, Neil H. Weiss, Treasurer, and Victoria
Tidwell, Vice President, Legal Affairs, each of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to complete and execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5
and other forms as such attorney shall in his or her discretion determine to be
required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition or disposition of securities of the Corporation, and to do all acts
necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Corporation and
such other person or agency as the attorney shall deem appropriate.  The
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
This Limited Power of Attorney is executed at San Jose, CA, as of the date set
forth below.

						CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.

		/s/ Norman P. Taffe
		By:  Norman P. Taffe

	Dated:  1/5/2011

Witness:

    /s/ Sandra Keiser
Sandra Keiser

Dated:  1/5/2011