Exhibit 24.1

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Pamela L. Tondreau, Thad Trent, Paul Dutton, Celeste Angelich,
Jaime Nguyen and Roberto Hernandez, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, to:

1.	Execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned, the Form ID
(Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR) and any amendments or
renewals thereto;

2.	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (the
Company), any reports or forms, including but not limited to Forms 3, 4, and 5,
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

3.	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such reports or forms,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
reports or forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority;

4.	Seek or obtain, as my representative and on my behalf, information concerning
transactions in or with respect to the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
knowing that I hereby authorize any such person to release any such information
to the attorney-in fact and approve any such release of information; and

5.	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file any such reports or forms with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 7th day of November 2017.


/s/ Sudhir Gopalswamy
SUDHIR GOPALSWAMY