CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                             3901 NORTH FIRST STREET
                         SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA  95134-1599
  

                                                                 July 19, 1994

VIA EDGAR

The Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

    Re: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
            CIK NUMBER - 0000791915
            Registration Statement on Form S-8
        
Ladies and Gentlemen:

    On behalf of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (the "Company") and in
accordance with Regulation S-T please find attached in electronic format via
EDGAR one copy of a Registration Statement on Form S-8, for filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

    Pursuant to Rule 901(d) of Regulation S-T, by copy of this correspondence
the Company has submitted to the Commission one conforming paper format copy of
this electronic filing.

    Please direct all questions concerning the enclosed materials to the
undersigned.

                                         Very truly yours,
  
                        
                        
                                         /s/ STUART INOUYE
                                         Stuart Inouye


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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 1994.
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                                                

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                                

                       CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)      

           Delaware                                   94-2885898
    (State of Incorporation)             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
                            3901 North First Street
                           San Jose, California 95134
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                                               

                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                           (Full title of the Plan)
                                                              

                                 T.J. RODGERS
                                   President
                       CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            3901 North First Street
                          San Jose, California 95134

                                (408) 943-2600
           (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                                          


                                  Copies to:

                          Marcia Kemp Sterling, Esq.
                      WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                           Professional Corporation
                              650 Page Mill Road
                          Palo Alto, California 94304
                          Telephone:  (415) 493-9300






                                                                       
             





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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                       Proposed       Proposed
                                       Maximum        Maximum
                       Maximum         Offering       Aggregate      Amount of
Title of Securities    Amount to be    Price          Offering     Registration
  to be Registered     Registered      Per Share(1)   Price(1)        Fee(2)
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Common Stock,
$.01 Par Value

 - 1994 Stock Option
   Plan                3,000,000 shs.  $17.5000       $52,000,000    $18,103.45
    
TOTAL . . . . . . . .  3,000,000 shs.                 $52,000,000    $18,103.45
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(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
    calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low
    sale prices of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
    Exchange on July 12, 1994.

(2) Amount of Registration Fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
    Securities Act of 1933, which states that the fee shall be "one-twenty
    ninth of one percentum of the maximum aggregate price at which such
    securities are proposed to be offered."



























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                                   PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
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     There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

          1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
     fiscal year ended January 3, 1994 filed pursuant to Section 13
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
     Act").

          2.   The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
     fiscal quarter ended March 28, 1994, filed pursuant to
     Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

          3.   The description of the Company's Common Stock
     contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
     August 30, 1988, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange
     Act.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act on or after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.
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     Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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     Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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     Article 11 of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides
that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same now
exists or may hereafter be amended, a director shall not be personally
liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director.  Delaware law provides that
directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary
damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for


 
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liability (i) for any breach of their duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful
stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

     Article VI of the Company's Bylaws provides that the Company
(i) shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or
officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the 
corporation as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and (ii) may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to any threatened, pending or contemplated action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason
of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as an employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),

judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  The
Bylaws provide that the termination of any action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of NOLO
CONTENDERE or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner
which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.

     Article VI of the Company's Bylaws also provides that the Company
(i) shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or
officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and (ii) may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made







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a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

     The Bylaws also provide that, to the extent that a director or
officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or 
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith and to the
extent that an employee or agent of the corporation has been success-
ful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he may be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith.

     The Company's Bylaws also permit the Company to secure insurance
on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any
liability arising out of his or her actions in such capacity,
regardless of whether the Bylaws would permit indemnification.  The
Company currently maintains liability insurance for its officers and
directors.

     The Company has entered into agreements to indemnify its
directors and officers, in addition to the indemnification provided
for in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.  These
agreements, among other things, indemnify the Company's directors and
officers for certain expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments,
fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action
or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Company,
arising out of such person's services as a director or officer of the
Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any other company or








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enterprise to which the person provides services at the request of the
Company.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.
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     Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.
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          Exhibit
          Number
          ---------
              4.1      1994 Stock Option Plan and form of agreement
                       thereunder.

              5.1      Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities
                       being registered.

             24.1      Consent of Independent Accountants (see p.10).

             24.2      Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

             25.1      Power of Attorney (see p. 9).


Item 9.   Undertakings.
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    (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:

              (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

              (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any fact or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement;

              (iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement.








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         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
do not apply if the information required to be included in the post
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement.

         (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

    (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and con-
trolling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provi-
sions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnifica-
tion against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.













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                              SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of
California, on this 18th day of July, 1994.
 


                                  CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                                  By:  /s/  T.J. RODGERS                       


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                                      T.J. Rodgers, President,
                                      Chief Executive Officer and
                                      Director (Principal Executive
                                      Officer)


































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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Each of the officers and directors of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
whose signatures appears below hereby constitutes and appoints T.J. Rodgers and
Emmanuel Hernandez and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitutions, each with the power to act alone,
to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to
this Registration Statement, and to perform any acts necessary to be done in
order to file such amendment, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify
and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their or his
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this report has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.  


        Signature                        Title                      Date       

- --------------------------  -------------------------------- -----------------
  
/s/  T.J. RODGERS           President, Chief Executive         July 18, 1994
- --------------------------  Officer and Director
T.J. Rodgers                (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/  EMMANUEL HERNANDEZ     Chief Financial Officer,           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------  Vice President, Finance
Emmanuel Hernandez          and Administration (Principal
                            Financial and Accounting Officer)


/s/  PIERRE R. LAMOND       Director                           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------
Pierre R. Lamond


/s/  JOHN C. LEWIS          Director                           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------
John C. Lewis


/s/  FRED B. BIALEK         Director                           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------
Fred B. Bialek


/s/  ERIC A. BENHAMOU       Director                           July 18, 1994
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Eric A. Benhamou







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                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 25,
1994, which appears on page 29 of the 1993 Annual Report to
Stockholders of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation which is
incorporated by reference in Cypress Semiconductor Corporation's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 1994. 
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the
Financial Statement Schedules, which appears on page F-1 of such
Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/  PRICE WATERHOUSE
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PRICE WATERHOUSE
San Jose, California
July 18, 1994









































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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   EXHIBITS

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                      REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    






































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                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.                  Description                   Page No.
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   4.1         1994 Stock Option Plan.
               (and form of agreement thereunder)            --- 

   5.1         Opinion of counsel as to legality of
               securities being registered.                  --- 

  24.1         Consent of Independent Accountants            ---
               (see p. 10).

  24.2         Consent of Counsel (contained in              ---
               Exhibit 5.1).

  25.1         Power of Attorney (see p. 9).                 ---








































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                                 EXHIBIT 4.1
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                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN


     1.   PURPOSES OF THE PLAN.  The purposes of this Stock Option Plan are:

             - to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions
               of substantial responsibility;

             - to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants and 

               Outside Directors; and 

             - to promote the success of the Company's business.  

     2.   COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN.  The Plan provides for:

             - the discretionary granting of Options to Employees and
               Consultants, which Options may be either Incentive Stock Options
               or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as determined by the
               Administrator at the time of grant; and

             - the grant of Nonstatutory Stock Options to Outside Directors
               pursuant to an automatic, non-discretionary formula.

     3.   DEFINITIONS.  As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

          (a)  "ADMINISTRATOR" means the Board or any of its Committees as
               shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 5 of
               the Plan.

          (b)  "APPLICABLE LAWS" means the legal requirements relating to the
               administration of stock option plans under state corporate and
               securities laws and the Code.

          (c)  "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          (d)  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (e)  "COMMITTEE"  means a Committee appointed by the Board in
               accordance with Section 5 of the Plan.
















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          (f)  "COMMON STOCK" means the Common Stock of the Company.

          (g)  "COMPANY" means Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware
               corporation.

          (h)  "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, engaged by
               the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services and who
               is compensated for such services; provided, however, that the
               term "Consultant" shall not include Outside Directors, unless
               such Outside Directors are compensated for services to the
               Company other than through payment of director's fees.

          (i)  "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS A DIRECTOR" means that the Director
               relationship is not interrupted or terminated.

          (j)  "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF CONSULTANT"  means that the
               employment or consulting relationship with the Company or any
               Parent or Subsidiary is not interrupted or terminated.
               Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be
               considered interrupted in the case of: (i) any leave of absence
               approved by the Company, including sick leave, military leave,
               or any other personal leave; provided, however, that for
               purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed
               ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of
               such leave is guaranteed by contract (including certain Company
               policies) or statute; provided, further, that on the
               ninety-first (91st) day of any such leave (where reemployment is
               not guaranteed by contract or statute) the Optionee's Incentive
               Stock Option shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock
               Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory
               Stock Option; or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company
               or between the Company, its Parent, its Subsidiaries or its
               successor.

          (k)  "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.

          (l)  "DISABILITY" means total and permanent disability as defined in
               Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

          (m)  "EMPLOYEE" means any person, including Officers and Directors,
               employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the
               Company.  Neither service as a Director nor payment of a
               director's fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute
               "employment" by the Company.

          (n)  "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
               amended.

          (o)  "EXISTING DIRECTORS" means members of the Board on October 12,
               1988.






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          (p)  "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of Common
               Stock determined as follows:

               (i)  If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock
                    exchange or a national market system, including without
                    limitation the National Market System of the National
                    Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation
                    ("NASDAQ") System, the Fair Market Value of a Share of  
                    Common Stock shall be the closing sale price for such stock
                    (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices, if no
                    sales were reported), as quoted on such exchange (or the
                    exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common
                    Stock) or system on the date of such determination (or, in
                    the event such date is not a trading day, the trading day
                    immediately prior to the date of such determination), as
                    reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as
                    the Administrator deems reliable; or


              (ii)  If the Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ system (but not
                    on the National Market System thereof) or is regularly 
                    quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices
                    are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share of
                    Common Stock shall be the mean of the closing bid and asked
                    prices for such stock on the date of such determination
                    (or, in the event such date is not a trading day, the
                    trading day immediately prior to the date of such
                    determination), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or
                    such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

             (iii)  In the absence of an established market for the Common
                    Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good
                    faith by the Administrator.

          (q)  "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS" means an Option intended to qualify as
               an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of
               the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

          (r)  "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" means an Option not intended to
               qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

          (s)  "NOTICE OF GRANT" means a written notice evidencing certain
               terms and conditions of an individual Option grant.  The Notice
               of Grant is part of the Option Agreement.

          (t)  "OFFICER" means a person who is an officer of the Company within
               the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
               regulations promulgated thereunder.

          (u)  "OPTION" means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan or
               the Terminated Plans.





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          (v)  "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company
               and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an
               individual Option grant.  The Option Agreement is subject to the
               terms and conditions of the Plan.

          (w)  "OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM" means a program whereby outstanding
               options are surrendered in exchange for options with a lower
               exercise price.

          (x)  "OPTIONED STOCK" means the Common Stock subject to an Option.


          (y)  "OPTIONEE" means an Employee, Consultant or Outside Director who
               holds an outstanding Option.

          (z)  "OUTSIDE DIRECTOR" means a Director who is not an Employee or
               Consultant.

          (aa) "PARENT" means a "parent corporation", whether now or hereafter
               existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

          (ab) "PLAN" means this 1994 Stock Option Plan.

          (ac) "RULE 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any
               successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being
               exercised with respect to the Plan.

          (ad) "SHARE" means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in
               accordance with Section 15 of the Plan.

          (ae) "SUBSIDIARY" means a "subsidiary corporation", whether now or
               hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

          (af) "TERMINATED PLANS" means the Company's 1985 Incentive Stock
               Option Plan and 1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan, which are
               terminated upon adoption of, and superseded by, this Plan
               (however, outstanding Options under the Terminated Plans shall
               continue in full force in effect, subject to the provisions of
               such Options and this Plan).

     4.   STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.  Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, the
total number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan is
3,455,791 Shares (including 455,791 Shares previously authorized but unissued
under the Terminated Plans), plus shares subject to options outstanding under
the Terminated Plans at the time of adoption of this plan which are
subsequently forfeited in connection with termination of employment or other
failure to exercise, increased on the first day of each new fiscal year of the
Company from and including the 1995 fiscal year by a number of Shares equal to
4.5% of the number of Shares outstanding as of the last business day preceding
each such first day of each new fiscal year.  However, the number of Shares  







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available for issuance pursuant to Incentive Stock Options shall not include
the foregoing annual increase, which shall be used solely for Nonstatutory
Stock Options.

     Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, if any Shares that have been optioned
under an Option (whether granted under this Plan or the Terminated Plans) cease
to be subject to such Option (other than through exercise of the Option), or if
any Option granted hereunder or thereunder is forfeited, or any Option
otherwise terminates prior to the issuance of Common Stock to the participant,
the Shares that were subject to such Option shall again be available for
distribution in connection with future Options under the Plan.   Shares that
have actually been issued under the Plan upon exercise of an Option shall not
in any event be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future
distribution under the Plan.

     5.   ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.
   
          (a)  Procedure.
               ----------             

               (i)  MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES.  If permitted by Rule
16b-3,
the Plan may be administered by different bodies with respect to (A) Directors
and Officers, and (B) Employees and Consultants who are neither Directors nor
Officers.

              (ii)  ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANTS
TO  INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO SECTION 16(b).  With respect to discretionary Option
grants made to Employees and Consultants who are also Officers or Directors
subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by
(A) the Board, if the Board may administer the Plan in compliance with the
rules governing a plan intended to qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule
16b-3, or (B) a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which
committee shall be constituted to comply with the rules governing a plan
intended to qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule 16b-3.  Once appointed,
such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until
otherwise directed by the Board.  From time to time the Board may increase the
size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or
without cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and
remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the
Plan, all to the extent permitted by the rules governing a plan intended to
qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule 16b-3.

             (iii)  ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANTS
TO OTHER PERSONS.  With respect to discretionary Option grants made to
Employees or Consultants who are neither Directors nor Officers of the
Company, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a
committee designated by the Board, which committee shall be constituted to
satisfy Applicable Laws.  Once appointed, such Committee shall serve in its
designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board.  The Board may
increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove
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(however caused), and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter
directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

               (iv) ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO AUTOMATIC GRANTS TO OUTSIDE
DIRECTORS.  Automatic Grants to Outside Directors shall be pursuant to a
non-discretionary formula as set forth in Section 11 hereof and therefore shall
not be subject to any discretionary administration.

          (b)  POWERS OF THE ADMINISTRATORS  Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated
by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in
its discretion:

             (i)    to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in
accordance with Section 3(p) of the Plan;

            (ii)    to select the Consultants and Employees to whom Options may
be granted hereunder;

           (iii)    to determine whether and to what extent Options are granted
hereunder;

            (iv)    to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be
covered by each Option granted hereunder;

             (v)    to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;

            (vi)    to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent
with the terms of the Plan, of any Option granted hereunder.  Such terms and
conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or
times when Options may be exercised (which may be based on performance
criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and
any restriction or limitation regarding any Option or the shares of Common
Stock relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the
Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;

           (vii)    to reduce the exercise price of any Option to the then
current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock covered
by such Option shall have declined since the date the Option was granted;

          (viii)    to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Options
granted pursuant to the Plan;

            (ix)    to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations
relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans
established for the purpose of qualifying for preferred tax treatment under
foreign tax laws;









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             (x)    to modify or amend each Option (subject to Section 16(c) of
the Plan);

            (xi)    to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company
any instrument required to effect the grant of an Option previously granted by
the Administrator;

           (xii)    to institute an Option Exchange Program;

          (xiii)    to determine the terms and restrictions applicable to
Options; and

           (xiv)    to make all other determinations deemed necessary or
advisable for administering the Plan.

          (c)  EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION.  The Administrator's
decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final and binding on all
Optionees and any other holders of Options.

     6.   ELIGIBILITY.  

          (a)  DISCRETIONARY STOCK OPTIONS.  Nonstatutory Stock Options may be
granted to Employees and Consultants.  Incentive Stock Options may be granted
only to Employees.  If otherwise eligible, an Employee or Consultant who has
been granted an Option may be granted additional Options.

          (b)  OUTSIDE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTIONS.  Outside Directors shall be
eligible to receive only Nonstatutory Stock Options pursuant to Section 11
hereof.

     7.   LIMITATIONS.

          (a)  Each Option shall be designated in the Notice of Grant or Option
Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
However, notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the aggregate
Fair Market Value:

               (i)  of Shares subject to an Optionee's incentive stock options
granted by the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary, which 

              (ii)  become exercisable for the first time during any
calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated
as Nonstatutory Stock Options.  For purposes of this Section 7(a),
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which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be
determined as of the time of grant.

          (b)  Neither the Plan nor any Option shall confer upon an Optionee
any right with respect to continuing the Optionee's employment or consulting
relationship or tenure as a director with the Company, nor shall they interfere
in any way with the Optionee's, the Company's, or the Company's stockholders',
right to terminate such employment or consulting relationship or tenure as a
director with the Company at any time, with or without cause.

          (c)  The following limitations shall apply to grants of Options to
Employees:

               (i)  No Employee shall be granted, in any fiscal year of the
Company, Options to purchase more than 500,000 Shares.

              (ii)  The foregoing limitation shall be adjusted proportionately
in connection with any change in the Company's capitalization as described in
Section 14(a). 

             (iii)  If an Option is canceled (other than in connection with a
transaction described in Section 14), the canceled Option will be counted
against the limit set forth in Section 7(c)(i).  For this purpose, if the
exercise price of an Option is reduced, the transaction will be treated as a
cancellation of the Option and the grant of a new Option.

     8.   TERM OF PLAN.  The Plan shall become effective upon the date, in
1994, of its approval by the stockholders of the Company.  It shall continue in
effect for a term of ten (10) years unless terminated earlier under Section 16
of the Plan.

     9.   TERM OF OPTION.  The term of each Option shall be ten (10) years from
the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Notice of
Grant or Option Agreement.  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to
an Optionee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock
representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive
Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter
term as may be provided in the Notice of Grant or Option Agreement.


     10.  OPTION EXERCISE PRICE AND CONSIDERATION.

          (a)  EXERCISE PRICE.  The per share exercise price for the Shares to
be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the
Administrator, subject to the following:











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               (i)  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option

                    (A)  granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive
Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of
the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair
Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

                    (B)  granted to any Employee other than an Employee
described in paragraph (A) immediately above, the per Share exercise price
shall be no less than one hundred (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on
the date of grant.

              (ii)    In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per Share
exercise price shall be no less than eighty-five percent (85%) of Fair Market
Value per Share on the date of grant.

          (b)  WAITING PERIOD AND EXERCISE DATES.  At the time an Option is
granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which the Option may be
exercised and shall determine any conditions which must be satisfied before the
Option may be exercised.  In so doing, the Administrator may specify that an
Option may not be exercised until the completion of a service period.

          (c)  FORM OF CONSIDERATION.  Except with respect to automatic stock
option grants to Outside Directors, the Administrator shall determine the
acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method
of payment.  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall
determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant.  Such form
of consideration shall be set forth in the Notice of Grant or Option Agreement
and may, as determined by the Administrator, consist entirely of:

               (i)  cash;

              (ii)  check;

             (iii)  promissory note;

              (iv)  other Shares which (A) in the case of Shares acquired upon
exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months
on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of
surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said
Option shall be exercised;















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               (v)  delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together
with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if
applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to
the Company of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price;

              (vi)  any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or

             (vii)  such other consideration and method of payment for the
issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

     11.  AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION GRANTS TO OUTSIDE DIRECTORS.  

          (a)  PROCEDURE FOR GRANTS.  The provisions set forth in this Section
11 shall not be amended more than once every six months, other than to comport
with changes in the Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, or the rules thereunder.  All grants of Options to Outside
Directors hereunder shall be automatic and non-discretionary and shall be made
strictly in accordance with the following provisions:

               (i)  No person shall have any discretion to select which Outside
Directors shall be granted Options or to determine the number of Shares to be
covered by Options granted to Outside Directors.

              (ii)  Each Outside Director shall be automatically granted an
Option to purchase 40,000 Shares (the "First Option") upon the date on which
such person first becomes a Director, whether through election by the
stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board of Directors to fill a
vacancy.


             (iii)  After the First Option has been granted to an Outside
Director, such Outside Director shall thereafter be automatically granted an
Option to purchase 10,000 Shares (a "Subsequent Option") on a date one year
after the date of grant of the First Option and on the same date each year
thereafter.

              (iv)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (ii) and
(iii) hereof, in the event that an automatic grant hereunder would cause the
number of Shares subject to outstanding Options plus the number of Shares
previously purchased upon exercise of Options to exceed the number of Shares
available for issuance under the Plan, then each such automatic grant shall be
for that number of Shares determined by dividing the total number of Shares
remaining available for grant by the number of Outside Directors on the
automatic grant date.  Any further grants shall then be deferred until such
time, if any, as additional Shares become available for grant under the Plan.












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               (v)  The terms of an Option granted hereunder shall be as
follows:

                    (1)  the term of the Option shall be ten (10) years.

                    (2)  the Option shall be exercisable only while the Outside
                         Director remains a Director of the Company, except as
                         set forth in subsection (c) hereof.

                    (3)  the exercise price per Share shall be 100% of the fair
                         market value per Share on the date of grant of the
                         Option.

                    (4)  the Option shall become exercisable as follows:

                         (A)  If it is a First Option, it shall become
                              exercisable cumulatively in installments of
                              10,000 Shares per year beginning on the date one
                              year after such Director's election to the Board
                              of Directors.

                         (B)  If it is a Subsequent Option, it shall become
                              fully exercisable four years after the date on
                              which it was granted.

          (b)  CONSIDERATION FOR EXERCISING OUSIDE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTIONS.  The
consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an
automatic Outside Director Option shall consist entirely of cash, check, other
Shares of Common Stock which (i) either have been owned by the Optionee for
more than six (6) months or were not acquired, directly or indirectly from the
Company and (ii) have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the
aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be
exercised, or any combination of such methods of payment.

          (c)  POST-DIRECTORSHIP EXERCISABILITY.

               (i)  TERMINATION OF STATUS AS A DIRECTOR.   If an Outside
Director ceases to serve as a Director, he may, but only within ninety days
(90) after the date he ceases to be a Director of the Company, exercise his
Option to the extent that he was entitled to exercise it at the date of such
termination.  To the extent that he was not entitled to exercise an Option at
the date of such termination, or if he does not exercise such Option (which he
was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate.

              (ii)  DISABILITY OF DIRECTOR.  Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 11(c)(i) above, in the event a Director
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the Company as a result of his Disability, he may, but only within six (6)
months from the date of termination, exercise his Option to the extent he was
entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination.  To the extent that he
was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, or if he
does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise) within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

             (iii)  DEATH OF DIRECTOR.  In the event of the death of an
Optionee:

                    (A)  during the term of the Option who is at the time of
his death a Director of the Company and who shall have been in Continuous
Status as a Director since the date of grant of the Option, the Option may be
exercised, at any time within six (6) months following the date of death, by
the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the
Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to
exercise that would have accrued had the Optionee continued living and remained
in Continuous Status a Director for twelve (12) months after the date of death;
or

                    (B)  within thirty (30) days after the termination of
Continuous Status as a Director, the Option may be exercised, at any time
within six (6) months following the date of death, by the Optionee's estate or
by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued
at the date of termination.

     12.  EXERCISE OF OPTION.

          (a)  PROCEDURES FOR EXERCISE; RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER.  Any Option
granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and
at such times and under such conditions as set forth in the Option Agreement.

               An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

               An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company receives:
(i) written notice of exercise (in accordance with the Option Agreement) from
the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the
Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised.  Full payment may consist
of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator
and permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan.  Shares issued upon
exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Optionee or, if
requested by the Optionee, in the name of the Optionee and his or her spouse.
Until the stock certificate evidencing such Shares is issued (as evidenced by
the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized
transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any
other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock,
notwithstanding the exercise of the Option.  The Company shall issue (or
cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly after the Option is







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exercised.  No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which
the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as
provided in Section 14 of the Plan.

               Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of
Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under
the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.


          (b)  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING PARTNERSHIP.  Upon
termination of an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant,
other than upon the Optionee's death or Disability, the Optionee may exercise
the Option, but only within such period of time as is specified in the Notice
of Grant or Option Agreement, and only to the extent that the Optionee was
entitled to exercise it at the date of termination (but in no event later than
the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant
or Option Agreement).  In the absence of a specified time in the Notice of
Grant or Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for three months
following the Optionee's termination of Continuous Status as an Employee or
Consultant.  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such period of time
shall not exceed three (3) months from the date of termination; in the case of
a Nonstatutory Stock Option, such period of time shall not exceed twenty-four
(24) months from the date of termination.  If, at the date of termination the
Optionee is not entitled to exercise the entire Option, the Shares covered by
the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.  If, after
termination, the Optionee does not exercise the Option within the time
specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares
covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

          (c)  DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE.  In the event that an Optionee's
Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant terminates as a result of the
Optionee's Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option at any time
within (i) for discretionary stock options, six (6) months or such other period
of time not exceeding twelve (12) months, as is specified in the Notice of
Grant or Option Agreement, or (ii) for automatic stock option grants to Outside
Directors, six (6) months from the date of such termination.  Any such Options
may only be exercised to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise
it at the date of such termination (but in no event later than the expiration
of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant or Option
Agreement).  If, at the date of termination, the Optionee is not entitled to
exercise his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unexercisable
portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.  If, after termination, the
Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein,
the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert
to the Plan.

          (d)  DEATH OF OPTIONEE.  In the event of the death of an Optionee:

               (i)  during the term of the Option who is at the time of
his death an of the Company and who shall have been in Continuous Status
as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant of the Option, the
Option may be exercised, at any time within six (6) months following




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the date of death, by the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the
right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent
of the right to exercise that would have accrued had the Optionee continued
living and remained in Continuous Status an Employee or Consultant for twelve
(12) months after the date of death; or

              (ii)  within thirty (30) days after the termination of Continuous
Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option may be exercised, at any time
within six (6) months following the date of death, by the Optionee's estate or
by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued
at the date of termination.

          (e)  RULE 16b-3.  Options granted to individuals subject to Section
16 of the Exchange Act ("Insiders") must comply with the applicable provisions
of Rule 16b-3 and shall contain such additional conditions or restrictions as
may be required thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption from Section 16
of the Exchange Act with respect to Plan transactions.

     13.  NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.  An Option may not be sold, pledged,
assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by
will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the
lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.

     14.  ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, DISSOLUTION, MERGER,
ASSET
SALE OR CHANGE OF CONTROL. 

          (a)  CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION.  Subject to any required action by
the
stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by
each outstanding Option, and the number of shares of Common Stock which have
been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options have yet
been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or
expiration of an Option, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered
by each such outstanding Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting
from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or
reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the
number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been
"effected without receipt of consideration."  Such adjustment shall be made by
the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and
conclusive.  Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of
shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of
any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option.










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          (b)  DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION.  In the event of the proposed
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, with respect to discretionary
Options granted under the Plan (but not with respect to Options granted to
Outside Directors) the Board may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in
such instances, declare that any such Option shall terminate as of a date fixed
by the Board and give each Optionee the right to exercise his or her Option as
to all or any part of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which the
Option would not otherwise be exercisable.

          (c)  MERGER OR ASSET SALE.  In the event of a merger of the Company
with or into another corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the
assets of the Company, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an
equivalent option shall be substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent
or Subsidiary of the successor corporation.  With respect to a discretionary
Option granted under the Plan (but not with respect to Options granted to
Outside Directors), the Administrator may, in the exercise of its sole
discretion and in lieu of such assumption or substitution, provide for the
Optionee to have the right to exercise such Option as to all of the Optioned
Stock, including as to Shares which would not otherwise be exercisable.  With
respect to Options granted to Outside Directors on or after the Effective Date
of the Plan, in the event that the successor corporation does not agree to
assume such Options or to substitute equivalent options, each such outstanding
Option shall become fully vested and exercisable, including as to Shares as to
which it would not otherwise be exercisable, unless the Board, in its
discretion, determines otherwise.  With respect to Options granted to Outside
Directors prior to the Effective Date of the Plan, in the event that the
successor corporation does not agree to assume such Options or to substitute
equivalent options, such Options shall terminate.  

     If the Administrator makes a discretionary Option fully exercisable in
lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets,
the Administrator shall notify the Optionee that the Option shall be fully
exercisable for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such notice, and
the Option will terminate upon the expiration of such period.  

     For the purposes of this subsection, the Option shall be considered
assumed if, following the merger or sale of assets, the option confers the
right to purchase, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option
immediately prior to the merger or sale of assets, the consideration (whether
stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or sale of
assets by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of
the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the
type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding
Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger
or sale of assets was not solely common stock of the successor corporation or
its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor
corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of
the Option, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option, to be
solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair
market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock
in the merger or sale of assets.






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     15.  OPTION DATE OF GRANT.  The date of grant of an Option shall be, for
all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination
granting such Option, or such other later date as is determined by the
Administrator.  Notice of the determination shall be provided to each Optionee
within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

     16.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

          (a)  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.  The Board may at any time amend,
alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.  

          (b)  STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL.  The Company shall obtain stockholder
approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply
with Rule 16b-3 or with Sections 422 and 424 of the Code (or any successor
rules or statutes or other applicable laws, rules or regulations, including the
requirements of any exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted).  Such stockholder approval, if required, shall be obtained
in such a manner and to such a degree as is required by the applicable law,
rule or regulation.

          (c)  EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.  No amendment, alteration,
suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of any Optionee,
unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Administrator,
which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company.

     17.  CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES.  

          (a)  LEGAL COMPLIANCE.  Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the
exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and
delivery of such Shares shall comply with all relevant provisions of law,
including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Applicable
Laws, and the requirements of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which
the Shares may then be listed or quoted, and shall be further subject to the
approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.


          (b)  INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS.  As a condition to the exercise of
an Option, the Company may require the person exercising such Option to
represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are
being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell
or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such
a representation is required.














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     18.  LIABILITY OF COMPANY.

          (a)  INABILITY TO OBTAIN AUTHORITY.  The inability of the Company to
obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority
is deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and
sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in
respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite
authority shall not have been obtained.

          (b)  OPTION GRANTS EXCEEDING ALLOTTED SHARES.  If the Optioned Stock
covered by an Option exceeds, as of the date of grant, the number of Shares
which may be issued under the Plan without additional stockholder approval,
such Option shall be void with respect to such excess Optioned Stock, unless
stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of
Shares subject to the Plan is timely obtained in accordance with Section 16(b)
of the Plan.

     19.  RESERVATION OF SHARES.  The Company, during the term of this Plan,
will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.





































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                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                               NOTICE OF GRANT

     Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

[Optionee's Name and Address]

     You have been granted an option to purchase Common Stock of the Company,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as
follows:

     Grant Number                          
                                         --------------------------

     Date of Grant
                                         --------------------------

     Vesting Commencement Date
                                         --------------------------

     Exercise Price per Share           $
                                         --------------------------
                                      
     Total Number of Shares Granted
                                         --------------------------

     Total Exercise Price               $
                                         --------------------------

     Type of Option:                         Incentive Stock Option
                                         ---
                                             Nonstatutory Stock Option
                                         ---

     Term/Expiration Date:
                                         --------------------------

     Vesting Schedule:
     -----------------
     This Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, in accordance with the
following schedule:

     25% of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest twelve months after the
Vesting Commencement Date, and 1/48 of the Shares subject to the Option shall
vest each month thereafter.

     Termination Period:
     -------------------
     This Option may be exercised for three months after termination of the
Optionee's employment or consulting relationship with the Company.  Upon the
death or Disability of the Optionee, this Option may be exercised for such
longer period as provided in the Plan. In the event of the Optionee's change in
status from Employee to Consultant or Consultant to Employee, this Option
Agreement shall remain in effect.  In no event shall this Option be exercised
later than the Term/Expiration Date as provided above.

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                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                               OPTION AGREEMENT


     Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

     1.   GRANT OF OPTION.  The Plan Administrator of the Company hereby grants
to the Optionee named in the Notice of Grant attached as Part I of this
Agreement (the "Optionee"), an option (the "Option") to purchase the number of
Shares, as set forth in the Notice of Grant, at the exercise price per share
set forth in the Notice of Grant (the "Exercise Price"), subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference.  Subject
to Section 15(c) of the Plan, in the event of a conflict between the terms and
conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement,
the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail.

          If designated in the Notice of Grant as an Incentive Stock Option
("ISO"), this Option is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under
Section 422 of the Code.  However, if this Option is intended to be an
Incentive Stock Option, to the extent that it exceeds the $100,000 rule of Code
Section 422(d) it shall be treated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option ("NSO").

     2.   EXERCISE OF OPTION.


          (a)  RIGHT TO EXERCISE.  This Option is exercisable during its term
in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set out in the Notice of Grant and the
applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.  In the event of
Optionee's death, Disability or other termination of Optionee's employment or
consulting relationship, the exercisability of the Option is governed by the
applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.

          (b)  METHOD OF EXERCISE.  This Option is exercisable by delivery of
an exercise notice, in the form attached as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"),
which shall state the election to exercise the Option, the number of Shares in
respect of which the Option is being exercised (the "Exercised Shares"), and
such other representations and agreements as may be required by the Company
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.  The Exercise Notice shall be signed by
the Optionee and shall be delivered in person or by certified mail to the
Secretary of the Company.  The Exercise Notice shall be accompanied by payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price as to all Exercised Shares.  This Option shall
be deemed to be exercised upon receipt by the Company of such fully executed
Exercise Notice accompanied by such aggregate Exercise Price.

          No Shares shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of this Option
unless such issuance and exercise complies with all relevant provisions of law
and the requirements of any stock exchange or quotation service upon which the
Shares are then listed.  Assuming such compliance, for income tax purposes the
Exercised Shares shall be considered transferred to the Optionee on the date
the Option is exercised with respect to such Exercised Shares.






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     3.   METHOD OF PAYMENT.  Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be
by any of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the
Optionee:

          (a)  cash; or

          (b)  check; or

          (c)  delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with
such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable,
shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company
of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exerciseprice; or

          (d)  surrender of other Shares which (i) in the case of Shares
acquired upon exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for more
than six (6) months on the date of surrender, AND (ii) have a Fair Market Value
on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Exercised
Shares.

     4.   NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION.  This Option may not be transferred in
any manner otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and
may be exercised during the lifetime of Optionee only by the Optionee.  The
terms of the Plan and this Option Agreement shall be binding upon the
executors, administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of the Optionee.

     5.   TERM OF OPTION.  This Option may be exercised only within the term
set out in the Notice of Grant, and may be exercised during such term only in
accordance with the Plan and the terms of this Option Agreement.

     6.   TAX CONSEQUENCES.  Some of the federal and California tax
consequences relating to this Option, as of the date of this Option, are set
forth below.  THIS SUMMARY IS NECESSARILY INCOMPLETE, AND THE TAX LAWS AND
REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  THE OPTIONEE SHOULD CONSULT A TAX ADVISER
BEFORE EXERCISING THIS OPTION OR DISPOSING OF THE SHARES.

          (a)  EXERCISING THE OPTION.

               (i)  NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION.  The Optionee may incur regular
federal income tax and California income tax liability upon exercise of a NSO.
The Optionee will be treated as having received compensation income (taxable at
ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market
Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their aggregate
Exercise Price.  If the Optionee is an Employee, the Company will be required
to withhold from his or her compensation or collect from Optionee and pay to
the applicable taxing authorities an amount equal to a percentage of this
compensation income at the time of exercise.










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              (ii)  INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION.  If this Option qualifies as an
ISO, the Optionee will have no regular federal income tax or California income
tax liability upon its exercise, although the excess, if any, of the Fair
Market Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their
aggregate Exercise Price will be treated as an adjustment to alternative
minimum taxable income for federal tax purposes and may subject the Optionee to
alternative minimum tax in the year of exercise.  In the event that the
Optionee undergoes a change of status from Employee to Consultant, any
Incentive Stock Option of the Optionee that remains unexercised shall cease to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a
Nonstatutory Stock Option on the ninety-first (91st) day following such change
of status.

          (b)  DISPOSITION OF SHARES.  

               (i)  NSO.  If the Optionee holds NSO Shares for at least one
year, any gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated as
long-term capital gain for federal income tax purposes.

              (ii)  ISO.  If the Optionee holds ISO Shares for at least one
year after exercise and two years after the grant date, any gain realized on
disposition of the Shares will be treated as long-term capital gain for federal
income tax purposes.  If the Optionee disposes of ISO Shares within one year
after exercise or two years after the grant date, any gain realized on such
disposition will be treated as compensation income (taxable at ordinary income
rates) to the extent of the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the difference
between the Fair Market Value of the Shares acquired on the date of exercise
and the aggregate Exercise Price, or (B) the difference between the sale price
of such Shares and the aggregate Exercise Price.

          (c)  NOTICE OF DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITION OF ISO SHARES.  If the
Optionee sells or otherwise disposes of any of the Shares acquired pursuant to
an ISO on or before the later of (i) two years after the grant date, or (ii)
one year after the exercise date, the Optionee shall immediately notify the
Company in writing of such disposition.  The Optionee agrees that he or she may
be subject to income tax withholding by the Company on the compensation income
recognized from such early disposition of ISO Shares by payment in cash or out
of the current earnings paid to the Optionee.


















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     By your signature and the signature of the Company's representative below,
you and the Company agree that this Option is granted under and governed by the
terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.  Optionee has
reviewed the Plan and this Option Agreement in their entirety, has had an
opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Option
Agreement and fully understands all provisions of the Plan and Option
Agreement.  Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final
all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions
relating to the Plan and Option Agreement.  Optionee further agrees to notify
the Company upon any change in the residence address indicated below.



OPTIONEE:                       CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION



                                         By:
- -----------------------------------         -----------------------------------


Signature


                                      Title:                                   


- -----------------------------------         -----------------------------------

Print Name



- -----------------------------------                           
Residence Address

                           
- -----------------------------------


                              CONSENT OF SPOUSE

     The undersigned spouse of Optionee has read and hereby approves the terms
and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.  In consideration of the
Company's granting his or her spouse the right to purchase Shares as set forth
in the Plan and this Option Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees to be
irrevocably bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option
Agreement and further agrees that any community property interest shall be
similarly bound.  The undersigned hereby appoints the undersigned's spouse as
attorney-in-fact for the undersigned with respect to any amendment or exercise
of rights under the Plan or this Option Agreement.



                                                                               


                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Spouse of Optionee





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<PAGE>35

                                  EXHIBIT A

                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN

                               EXERCISE NOTICE




Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
3901 North First Street
San Jose, CA  95134
Attention:  Secretary  


     1.   EXERCISE OF OPTION.  Effective as of today,                , 199  ,
                                                      --------------      --
the undersigned ("Purchaser") hereby elects to purchase             shares (the
                                                        -----------        
"Shares") of the Common Stock of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (the
"Company") under and pursuant to the 1994 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and
the Stock Option Agreement dated, 19    (the "Option Agreement").  The purchase
                                    ---
price for the Shares shall be  $             , as required by the Option
                                 -----------    
Agreement.

     2.   DELIVERY OF PAYMENT.  Purchaser herewith delivers to the Company the
full purchase price for the Shares.

     3.   REPRESENTATIONS OF PURCHASER.  Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser
has received, read and understood the Plan and the Option Agreement and agrees
to abide by and be bound by their terms and conditions.

     4.   RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER.  Until the issuance (as evidenced by the
appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer
agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right
to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist
with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option.
A share certificate for the number of Shares so acquired shall be issued to the
Optionee as soon as practicable after exercise of the Option.  No adjustment
will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior
to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 14
of the Plan.

     5.   TAX CONSULTATION.  Purchaser understands that Purchaser may suffer
adverse tax consequences as a result of Purchaser's purchase or disposition of
the Shares.  Purchaser represents that Purchaser has consulted with any tax
consultants Purchaser deems advisable in connection with the purchase or
disposition of the Shares and that Purchaser is not relying on the Company for
any tax advice.



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     6.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; GOVERNING LAW.  The Plan and Option Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference.  This Agreement, the Plan and the Option
Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their
entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Purchaser
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and such agreement is governed by
California law except for that body of law pertaining to conflict of laws.



Submitted by:                       Accepted by:

PURCHASER:                          CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION


- ---------------------------------   By:                                        

Signature                               --------------------------------- 



- ---------------------------------  Its:                                        

Print Name                              ---------------------------------



Address:                        Address:


___________________________        3901 North First Street
                                   San Jose, CA  95134
___________________________



























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<PAGE>37


                                 EXHIBIT 5.1



                                July 18, 1994


Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
3901 North First Street
San Jose, CA  95134

Gentlemen:

    We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
July 19, 1994, in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of your Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the 1994 Stock Option Plan (the "Option
Plan").  As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken
and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in
connection with the sale and issuance of said shares.

    It is our opinion that, upon completion of the proceedings to be
taken prior to issuance of the shares pursuant to the Prospectus
constituting part of and incorporated by reference into the Regis-
tration Statement on Form S-8 and upon completion of the proceedings
being taken in order to permit such transactions to be carried out in
accordance with the securities laws of the various states where
required, the shares, when issued and sold in the manner referred to
in the Option Plan and the agreements which accompany the Option Plan,
and in accordance with the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.

    We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to said
Registration Statement and further consent to the use of our name
wherever appearing in said Registration Statement, including the
Prospectus constituting a part thereof, and amendments thereto.

                             Very truly yours,

                             WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                             Professional Corporation
        
                        /s/  WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
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CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                             3901 NORTH FIRST STREET
                         SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA  95134-1599
  

                                                                 July 19, 1994

VIA EDGAR

The Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

    Re: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
            CIK NUMBER - 0000791915
            Registration Statement on Form S-8
        
Ladies and Gentlemen:

    On behalf of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (the "Company") and in
accordance with Regulation S-T please find attached in electronic format via
EDGAR one copy of a Registration Statement on Form S-8, for filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

    Pursuant to Rule 901(d) of Regulation S-T, by copy of this correspondence
the Company has submitted to the Commission one conforming paper format copy of
this electronic filing.

    Please direct all questions concerning the enclosed materials to the
undersigned.

                                         Very truly yours,
  
                        
                        
                                         /s/ STUART INOUYE
                                         Stuart Inouye

Enclosures

cc: Conforming Paper Copy
    Filer Support
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 1994.
                                          Registration No. 33-
                                                               ------------
1

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                                                

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                                

                       CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)      

           Delaware                                   94-2885898
    (State of Incorporation)             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
                            3901 North First Street
                           San Jose, California 95134
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                                               

                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                           (Full title of the Plan)
                                                              

                                 T.J. RODGERS
                                   President
                       CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            3901 North First Street
                          San Jose, California 95134

                                (408) 943-2600
           (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                                          

                                  Copies to:

                          Marcia Kemp Sterling, Esq.
                      WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                           Professional Corporation
                              650 Page Mill Road
                          Palo Alto, California 94304
                          Telephone:  (415) 493-9300
2

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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                     
                                       Proposed       Proposed
                                       Maximum        Maximum
                       Maximum         Offering       Aggregate      Amount of
Title of Securities    Amount to be    Price          Offering     Registration
  to be Registered     Registered      Per Share(1)   Price(1)        Fee(2)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
$.01 Par Value

 - 1994 Stock Option
   Plan                3,000,000 shs.  $17.5000       $52,000,000    $18,103.45
    
TOTAL . . . . . . . .  3,000,000 shs.                 $52,000,000    $18,103.45
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
    calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low
    sale prices of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
    Exchange on July 12, 1994.

(2) Amount of Registration Fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
    Securities Act of 1933, which states that the fee shall be "one-twenty
    ninth of one percentum of the maximum aggregate price at which such
    securities are proposed to be offered."

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3

                                   PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
- -------   ----------------------------------------

     There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

          1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
     fiscal year ended January 3, 1994 filed pursuant to Section 13
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
     Act").

          2.   The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
     fiscal quarter ended March 28, 1994, filed pursuant to
     Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

          3.   The description of the Company's Common Stock
     contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
     August 30, 1988, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange
     Act.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act on or after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.
- -------   --------------------------

     Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
- -------   ---------------------------------------

     Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
- -------   ------------------------------------------

     Article 11 of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides
that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same now
exists or may hereafter be amended, a director shall not be personally
liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director.  Delaware law provides that
directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary
damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for

 
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4

liability (i) for any breach of their duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful
stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

     Article VI of the Company's Bylaws provides that the Company
(i) shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or
officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the 
corporation as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and (ii) may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to any threatened, pending or contemplated action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason
of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as an employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),

judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  The
Bylaws provide that the termination of any action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of NOLO
CONTENDERE or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner
which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.

     Article VI of the Company's Bylaws also provides that the Company
(i) shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or
officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and (ii) may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made

                                     -4-
5

a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

     The Bylaws also provide that, to the extent that a director or
officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or 
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall
be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith and to the
extent that an employee or agent of the corporation has been success-
ful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he may be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith.

     The Company's Bylaws also permit the Company to secure insurance
on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any
liability arising out of his or her actions in such capacity,
regardless of whether the Bylaws would permit indemnification.  The
Company currently maintains liability insurance for its officers and
directors.

     The Company has entered into agreements to indemnify its
directors and officers, in addition to the indemnification provided
for in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.  These
agreements, among other things, indemnify the Company's directors and
officers for certain expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments,
fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action
or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Company,
arising out of such person's services as a director or officer of the
Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any other company or

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enterprise to which the person provides services at the request of the
Company.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.
- -------   ------------------------------------

     Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.
- -------   ---------

          Exhibit
          Number
          ---------
              4.1      1994 Stock Option Plan and form of agreement
                       thereunder.

              5.1      Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities
                       being registered.

             24.1      Consent of Independent Accountants (see p.10).

             24.2      Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

             25.1      Power of Attorney (see p. 9).

Item 9.   Undertakings.
- -------   -------------

    (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:

              (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

              (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any fact or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement;

              (iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement.

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7

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
do not apply if the information required to be included in the post
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement.

         (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

    (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and con-
trolling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provi-
sions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnifica-
tion against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                              SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of
California, on this 18th day of July, 1994.
 

                                  CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                                  By:  /s/  T.J. RODGERS                       

                                       ----------------------------          
                                                      
                                      T.J. Rodgers, President,
                                      Chief Executive Officer and
                                      Director (Principal Executive
                                      Officer)

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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Each of the officers and directors of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
whose signatures appears below hereby constitutes and appoints T.J. Rodgers and
Emmanuel Hernandez and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitutions, each with the power to act alone,
to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to
this Registration Statement, and to perform any acts necessary to be done in
order to file such amendment, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify
and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their or his
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this report has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.  

        Signature                        Title                      Date       

- --------------------------  -------------------------------- -----------------
  
/s/  T.J. RODGERS           President, Chief Executive         July 18, 1994
- --------------------------  Officer and Director
T.J. Rodgers                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/  EMMANUEL HERNANDEZ     Chief Financial Officer,           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------  Vice President, Finance
Emmanuel Hernandez          and Administration (Principal
                            Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/  PIERRE R. LAMOND       Director                           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------
Pierre R. Lamond

/s/  JOHN C. LEWIS          Director                           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------
John C. Lewis

/s/  FRED B. BIALEK         Director                           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------
Fred B. Bialek

/s/  ERIC A. BENHAMOU       Director                           July 18, 1994
- --------------------------
Eric A. Benhamou

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                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 25,
1994, which appears on page 29 of the 1993 Annual Report to
Stockholders of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation which is
incorporated by reference in Cypress Semiconductor Corporation's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 1994. 
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the
Financial Statement Schedules, which appears on page F-1 of such
Annual Report on Form 10-K.

/s/  PRICE WATERHOUSE
- ------------------------
PRICE WATERHOUSE
San Jose, California
July 18, 1994
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   EXHIBITS

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                      REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.                  Description                   Page No.
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   4.1         1994 Stock Option Plan.
               (and form of agreement thereunder)            --- 

   5.1         Opinion of counsel as to legality of
               securities being registered.                  --- 

  24.1         Consent of Independent Accountants            ---
               (see p. 10).

  24.2         Consent of Counsel (contained in              ---
               Exhibit 5.1).

  25.1         Power of Attorney (see p. 9).                 ---
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                                 EXHIBIT 4.1
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                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN

     1.   PURPOSES OF THE PLAN.  The purposes of this Stock Option Plan are:

             - to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions
               of substantial responsibility;

             - to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants and 

               Outside Directors; and 

             - to promote the success of the Company's business.  

     2.   COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN.  The Plan provides for:

             - the discretionary granting of Options to Employees and
               Consultants, which Options may be either Incentive Stock Options
               or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as determined by the
               Administrator at the time of grant; and

             - the grant of Nonstatutory Stock Options to Outside Directors
               pursuant to an automatic, non-discretionary formula.

     3.   DEFINITIONS.  As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

          (a)  "ADMINISTRATOR" means the Board or any of its Committees as
               shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 5 of
               the Plan.

          (b)  "APPLICABLE LAWS" means the legal requirements relating to the
               administration of stock option plans under state corporate and
               securities laws and the Code.

          (c)  "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          (d)  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (e)  "COMMITTEE"  means a Committee appointed by the Board in
               accordance with Section 5 of the Plan.
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          (f)  "COMMON STOCK" means the Common Stock of the Company.

          (g)  "COMPANY" means Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware
               corporation.

          (h)  "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, engaged by
               the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services and who
               is compensated for such services; provided, however, that the
               term "Consultant" shall not include Outside Directors, unless
               such Outside Directors are compensated for services to the
               Company other than through payment of director's fees.

          (i)  "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS A DIRECTOR" means that the Director
               relationship is not interrupted or terminated.

          (j)  "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF CONSULTANT"  means that the
               employment or consulting relationship with the Company or any
               Parent or Subsidiary is not interrupted or terminated.
               Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be
               considered interrupted in the case of: (i) any leave of absence
               approved by the Company, including sick leave, military leave,
               or any other personal leave; provided, however, that for
               purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed
               ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of
               such leave is guaranteed by contract (including certain Company
               policies) or statute; provided, further, that on the
               ninety-first (91st) day of any such leave (where reemployment is
               not guaranteed by contract or statute) the Optionee's Incentive
               Stock Option shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock
               Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory
               Stock Option; or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company
               or between the Company, its Parent, its Subsidiaries or its
               successor.

          (k)  "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.

          (l)  "DISABILITY" means total and permanent disability as defined in
               Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

          (m)  "EMPLOYEE" means any person, including Officers and Directors,
               employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the
               Company.  Neither service as a Director nor payment of a
               director's fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute
               "employment" by the Company.

          (n)  "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
               amended.

          (o)  "EXISTING DIRECTORS" means members of the Board on October 12,
               1988.

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          (p)  "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of Common
               Stock determined as follows:

               (i)  If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock
                    exchange or a national market system, including without
                    limitation the National Market System of the National
                    Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation
                    ("NASDAQ") System, the Fair Market Value of a Share of  
                    Common Stock shall be the closing sale price for such stock
                    (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices, if no
                    sales were reported), as quoted on such exchange (or the
                    exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common
                    Stock) or system on the date of such determination (or, in
                    the event such date is not a trading day, the trading day
                    immediately prior to the date of such determination), as
                    reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as
                    the Administrator deems reliable; or

              (ii)  If the Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ system (but not
                    on the National Market System thereof) or is regularly 
                    quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices
                    are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share of
                    Common Stock shall be the mean of the closing bid and asked
                    prices for such stock on the date of such determination
                    (or, in the event such date is not a trading day, the
                    trading day immediately prior to the date of such
                    determination), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or
                    such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

             (iii)  In the absence of an established market for the Common
                    Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good
                    faith by the Administrator.

          (q)  "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS" means an Option intended to qualify as
               an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of
               the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

          (r)  "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" means an Option not intended to
               qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

          (s)  "NOTICE OF GRANT" means a written notice evidencing certain
               terms and conditions of an individual Option grant.  The Notice
               of Grant is part of the Option Agreement.

          (t)  "OFFICER" means a person who is an officer of the Company within
               the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
               regulations promulgated thereunder.

          (u)  "OPTION" means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan or
               the Terminated Plans.

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          (v)  "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company
               and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an
               individual Option grant.  The Option Agreement is subject to the
               terms and conditions of the Plan.

          (w)  "OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM" means a program whereby outstanding
               options are surrendered in exchange for options with a lower
               exercise price.

          (x)  "OPTIONED STOCK" means the Common Stock subject to an Option.

          (y)  "OPTIONEE" means an Employee, Consultant or Outside Director who
               holds an outstanding Option.

          (z)  "OUTSIDE DIRECTOR" means a Director who is not an Employee or
               Consultant.

          (aa) "PARENT" means a "parent corporation", whether now or hereafter
               existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

          (ab) "PLAN" means this 1994 Stock Option Plan.

          (ac) "RULE 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any
               successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being
               exercised with respect to the Plan.

          (ad) "SHARE" means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in
               accordance with Section 15 of the Plan.

          (ae) "SUBSIDIARY" means a "subsidiary corporation", whether now or
               hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

          (af) "TERMINATED PLANS" means the Company's 1985 Incentive Stock
               Option Plan and 1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan, which are
               terminated upon adoption of, and superseded by, this Plan
               (however, outstanding Options under the Terminated Plans shall
               continue in full force in effect, subject to the provisions of
               such Options and this Plan).

     4.   STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.  Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, the
total number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan is
3,455,791 Shares (including 455,791 Shares previously authorized but unissued
under the Terminated Plans), plus shares subject to options outstanding under
the Terminated Plans at the time of adoption of this plan which are
subsequently forfeited in connection with termination of employment or other
failure to exercise, increased on the first day of each new fiscal year of the
Company from and including the 1995 fiscal year by a number of Shares equal to
4.5% of the number of Shares outstanding as of the last business day preceding
each such first day of each new fiscal year.  However, the number of Shares  

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available for issuance pursuant to Incentive Stock Options shall not include
the foregoing annual increase, which shall be used solely for Nonstatutory
Stock Options.

     Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, if any Shares that have been optioned
under an Option (whether granted under this Plan or the Terminated Plans) cease
to be subject to such Option (other than through exercise of the Option), or if
any Option granted hereunder or thereunder is forfeited, or any Option
otherwise terminates prior to the issuance of Common Stock to the participant,
the Shares that were subject to such Option shall again be available for
distribution in connection with future Options under the Plan.   Shares that
have actually been issued under the Plan upon exercise of an Option shall not
in any event be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future
distribution under the Plan.

     5.   ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.
   
          (a)  Procedure.
               ----------             

               (i)  MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES.  If permitted by Rule
16b-3,
the Plan may be administered by different bodies with respect to (A) Directors
and Officers, and (B) Employees and Consultants who are neither Directors nor
Officers.

              (ii)  ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANTS
TO  INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO SECTION 16(b).  With respect to discretionary Option
grants made to Employees and Consultants who are also Officers or Directors
subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by
(A) the Board, if the Board may administer the Plan in compliance with the
rules governing a plan intended to qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule
16b-3, or (B) a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which
committee shall be constituted to comply with the rules governing a plan
intended to qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule 16b-3.  Once appointed,
such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until
otherwise directed by the Board.  From time to time the Board may increase the
size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or
without cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and
remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the
Plan, all to the extent permitted by the rules governing a plan intended to
qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule 16b-3.

             (iii)  ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANTS
TO OTHER PERSONS.  With respect to discretionary Option grants made to
Employees or Consultants who are neither Directors nor Officers of the
Company, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a
committee designated by the Board, which committee shall be constituted to
satisfy Applicable Laws.  Once appointed, such Committee shall serve in its
designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board.  The Board may
increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove
members (with or without cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies

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(however caused), and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter
directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

               (iv) ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO AUTOMATIC GRANTS TO OUTSIDE
DIRECTORS.  Automatic Grants to Outside Directors shall be pursuant to a
non-discretionary formula as set forth in Section 11 hereof and therefore shall
not be subject to any discretionary administration.

          (b)  POWERS OF THE ADMINISTRATORS  Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated
by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in
its discretion:

             (i)    to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in
accordance with Section 3(p) of the Plan;

            (ii)    to select the Consultants and Employees to whom Options may
be granted hereunder;

           (iii)    to determine whether and to what extent Options are granted
hereunder;

            (iv)    to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be
covered by each Option granted hereunder;

             (v)    to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;

            (vi)    to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent
with the terms of the Plan, of any Option granted hereunder.  Such terms and
conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or
times when Options may be exercised (which may be based on performance
criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and
any restriction or limitation regarding any Option or the shares of Common
Stock relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the
Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;

           (vii)    to reduce the exercise price of any Option to the then
current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock covered
by such Option shall have declined since the date the Option was granted;

          (viii)    to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Options
granted pursuant to the Plan;

            (ix)    to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations
relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans
established for the purpose of qualifying for preferred tax treatment under
foreign tax laws;

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(x)    to modify or amend each Option (subject to Section 16(c) of
the Plan);

            (xi)    to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company
any instrument required to effect the grant of an Option previously granted by
the Administrator;

           (xii)    to institute an Option Exchange Program;

          (xiii)    to determine the terms and restrictions applicable to
Options; and

           (xiv)    to make all other determinations deemed necessary or
advisable for administering the Plan.

          (c)  EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION.  The Administrator's
decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final and binding on all
Optionees and any other holders of Options.

     6.   ELIGIBILITY.  

          (a)  DISCRETIONARY STOCK OPTIONS.  Nonstatutory Stock Options may be
granted to Employees and Consultants.  Incentive Stock Options may be granted
only to Employees.  If otherwise eligible, an Employee or Consultant who has
been granted an Option may be granted additional Options.

          (b)  OUTSIDE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTIONS.  Outside Directors shall be
eligible to receive only Nonstatutory Stock Options pursuant to Section 11
hereof.

     7.   LIMITATIONS.

          (a)  Each Option shall be designated in the Notice of Grant or Option
Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
However, notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the aggregate
Fair Market Value:

               (i)  of Shares subject to an Optionee's incentive stock options
granted by the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary, which 

              (ii)  become exercisable for the first time during any
calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated
as Nonstatutory Stock Options.  For purposes of this Section 7(a),
incentive stock options shall be taken into account in the order in

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which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be
determined as of the time of grant.

          (b)  Neither the Plan nor any Option shall confer upon an Optionee
any right with respect to continuing the Optionee's employment or consulting
relationship or tenure as a director with the Company, nor shall they interfere
in any way with the Optionee's, the Company's, or the Company's stockholders',
right to terminate such employment or consulting relationship or tenure as a
director with the Company at any time, with or without cause.

          (c)  The following limitations shall apply to grants of Options to
Employees:

               (i)  No Employee shall be granted, in any fiscal year of the
Company, Options to purchase more than 500,000 Shares.

              (ii)  The foregoing limitation shall be adjusted proportionately
in connection with any change in the Company's capitalization as described in
Section 14(a). 

             (iii)  If an Option is canceled (other than in connection with a
transaction described in Section 14), the canceled Option will be counted
against the limit set forth in Section 7(c)(i).  For this purpose, if the
exercise price of an Option is reduced, the transaction will be treated as a
cancellation of the Option and the grant of a new Option.

     8.   TERM OF PLAN.  The Plan shall become effective upon the date, in
1994, of its approval by the stockholders of the Company.  It shall continue in
effect for a term of ten (10) years unless terminated earlier under Section 16
of the Plan.

     9.   TERM OF OPTION.  The term of each Option shall be ten (10) years from
the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Notice of
Grant or Option Agreement.  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to
an Optionee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock
representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive
Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter
term as may be provided in the Notice of Grant or Option Agreement.

     10.  OPTION EXERCISE PRICE AND CONSIDERATION.

          (a)  EXERCISE PRICE.  The per share exercise price for the Shares to
be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the
Administrator, subject to the following:

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               (i)  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option

                    (A)  granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive
Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of
the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair
Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

                    (B)  granted to any Employee other than an Employee
described in paragraph (A) immediately above, the per Share exercise price
shall be no less than one hundred (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on
the date of grant.

              (ii)    In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per Share
exercise price shall be no less than eighty-five percent (85%) of Fair Market
Value per Share on the date of grant.

          (b)  WAITING PERIOD AND EXERCISE DATES.  At the time an Option is
granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which the Option may be
exercised and shall determine any conditions which must be satisfied before the
Option may be exercised.  In so doing, the Administrator may specify that an
Option may not be exercised until the completion of a service period.

          (c)  FORM OF CONSIDERATION.  Except with respect to automatic stock
option grants to Outside Directors, the Administrator shall determine the
acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method
of payment.  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall
determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant.  Such form
of consideration shall be set forth in the Notice of Grant or Option Agreement
and may, as determined by the Administrator, consist entirely of:

               (i)  cash;

              (ii)  check;

             (iii)  promissory note;

              (iv)  other Shares which (A) in the case of Shares acquired upon
exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months
on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of
surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said
Option shall be exercised;

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               (v)  delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together
with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if
applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to
the Company of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price;

              (vi)  any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or

             (vii)  such other consideration and method of payment for the
issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

     11.  AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION GRANTS TO OUTSIDE DIRECTORS.  

          (a)  PROCEDURE FOR GRANTS.  The provisions set forth in this Section
11 shall not be amended more than once every six months, other than to comport
with changes in the Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, or the rules thereunder.  All grants of Options to Outside
Directors hereunder shall be automatic and non-discretionary and shall be made
strictly in accordance with the following provisions:

               (i)  No person shall have any discretion to select which Outside
Directors shall be granted Options or to determine the number of Shares to be
covered by Options granted to Outside Directors.

              (ii)  Each Outside Director shall be automatically granted an
Option to purchase 40,000 Shares (the "First Option") upon the date on which
such person first becomes a Director, whether through election by the
stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board of Directors to fill a
vacancy.

             (iii)  After the First Option has been granted to an Outside
Director, such Outside Director shall thereafter be automatically granted an
Option to purchase 10,000 Shares (a "Subsequent Option") on a date one year
after the date of grant of the First Option and on the same date each year
thereafter.

              (iv)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (ii) and
(iii) hereof, in the event that an automatic grant hereunder would cause the
number of Shares subject to outstanding Options plus the number of Shares
previously purchased upon exercise of Options to exceed the number of Shares
available for issuance under the Plan, then each such automatic grant shall be
for that number of Shares determined by dividing the total number of Shares
remaining available for grant by the number of Outside Directors on the
automatic grant date.  Any further grants shall then be deferred until such
time, if any, as additional Shares become available for grant under the Plan.

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               (v)  The terms of an Option granted hereunder shall be as
follows:

                    (1)  the term of the Option shall be ten (10) years.

                    (2)  the Option shall be exercisable only while the Outside
                         Director remains a Director of the Company, except as
                         set forth in subsection (c) hereof.

                    (3)  the exercise price per Share shall be 100% of the fair
                         market value per Share on the date of grant of the
                         Option.

                    (4)  the Option shall become exercisable as follows:

                         (A)  If it is a First Option, it shall become
                              exercisable cumulatively in installments of
                              10,000 Shares per year beginning on the date one
                              year after such Director's election to the Board
                              of Directors.

                         (B)  If it is a Subsequent Option, it shall become
                              fully exercisable four years after the date on
                              which it was granted.

          (b)  CONSIDERATION FOR EXERCISING OUSIDE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTIONS.  The
consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an
automatic Outside Director Option shall consist entirely of cash, check, other
Shares of Common Stock which (i) either have been owned by the Optionee for
more than six (6) months or were not acquired, directly or indirectly from the
Company and (ii) have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the
aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be
exercised, or any combination of such methods of payment.

          (c)  POST-DIRECTORSHIP EXERCISABILITY.

               (i)  TERMINATION OF STATUS AS A DIRECTOR.   If an Outside
Director ceases to serve as a Director, he may, but only within ninety days
(90) after the date he ceases to be a Director of the Company, exercise his
Option to the extent that he was entitled to exercise it at the date of such
termination.  To the extent that he was not entitled to exercise an Option at
the date of such termination, or if he does not exercise such Option (which he
was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate.

              (ii)  DISABILITY OF DIRECTOR.  Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 11(c)(i) above, in the event a Director
is unable to continue his service as a Director with

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the Company as a result of his Disability, he may, but only within six (6)
months from the date of termination, exercise his Option to the extent he was
entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination.  To the extent that he
was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, or if he
does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise) within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

             (iii)  DEATH OF DIRECTOR.  In the event of the death of an
Optionee:

                    (A)  during the term of the Option who is at the time of
his death a Director of the Company and who shall have been in Continuous
Status as a Director since the date of grant of the Option, the Option may be
exercised, at any time within six (6) months following the date of death, by
the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the
Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to
exercise that would have accrued had the Optionee continued living and remained
in Continuous Status a Director for twelve (12) months after the date of death;
or

                    (B)  within thirty (30) days after the termination of
Continuous Status as a Director, the Option may be exercised, at any time
within six (6) months following the date of death, by the Optionee's estate or
by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued
at the date of termination.

     12.  EXERCISE OF OPTION.

          (a)  PROCEDURES FOR EXERCISE; RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER.  Any Option
granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and
at such times and under such conditions as set forth in the Option Agreement.

               An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

               An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company receives:
(i) written notice of exercise (in accordance with the Option Agreement) from
the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the
Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised.  Full payment may consist
of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator
and permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan.  Shares issued upon
exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Optionee or, if
requested by the Optionee, in the name of the Optionee and his or her spouse.
Until the stock certificate evidencing such Shares is issued (as evidenced by
the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized
transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any
other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock,
notwithstanding the exercise of the Option.  The Company shall issue (or
cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly after the Option is

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exercised.  No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which
the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as
provided in Section 14 of the Plan.

               Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of
Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under
the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.

          (b)  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING PARTNERSHIP.  Upon
termination of an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant,
other than upon the Optionee's death or Disability, the Optionee may exercise
the Option, but only within such period of time as is specified in the Notice
of Grant or Option Agreement, and only to the extent that the Optionee was
entitled to exercise it at the date of termination (but in no event later than
the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant
or Option Agreement).  In the absence of a specified time in the Notice of
Grant or Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for three months
following the Optionee's termination of Continuous Status as an Employee or
Consultant.  In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such period of time
shall not exceed three (3) months from the date of termination; in the case of
a Nonstatutory Stock Option, such period of time shall not exceed twenty-four
(24) months from the date of termination.  If, at the date of termination the
Optionee is not entitled to exercise the entire Option, the Shares covered by
the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.  If, after
termination, the Optionee does not exercise the Option within the time
specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares
covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

          (c)  DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE.  In the event that an Optionee's
Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant terminates as a result of the
Optionee's Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option at any time
within (i) for discretionary stock options, six (6) months or such other period
of time not exceeding twelve (12) months, as is specified in the Notice of
Grant or Option Agreement, or (ii) for automatic stock option grants to Outside
Directors, six (6) months from the date of such termination.  Any such Options
may only be exercised to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise
it at the date of such termination (but in no event later than the expiration
of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant or Option
Agreement).  If, at the date of termination, the Optionee is not entitled to
exercise his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unexercisable
portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.  If, after termination, the
Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein,
the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert
to the Plan.

          (d)  DEATH OF OPTIONEE.  In the event of the death of an Optionee:

               (i)  during the term of the Option who is at the time of
his death an of the Company and who shall have been in Continuous Status
as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant of the Option, the
Option may be exercised, at any time within six (6) months following

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the date of death, by the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the
right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent
of the right to exercise that would have accrued had the Optionee continued
living and remained in Continuous Status an Employee or Consultant for twelve
(12) months after the date of death; or

              (ii)  within thirty (30) days after the termination of Continuous
Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option may be exercised, at any time
within six (6) months following the date of death, by the Optionee's estate or
by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued
at the date of termination.

          (e)  RULE 16b-3.  Options granted to individuals subject to Section
16 of the Exchange Act ("Insiders") must comply with the applicable provisions
of Rule 16b-3 and shall contain such additional conditions or restrictions as
may be required thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption from Section 16
of the Exchange Act with respect to Plan transactions.

     13.  NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.  An Option may not be sold, pledged,
assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by
will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the
lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.

     14.  ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, DISSOLUTION, MERGER,
ASSET
SALE OR CHANGE OF CONTROL. 

          (a)  CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION.  Subject to any required action by
the
stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by
each outstanding Option, and the number of shares of Common Stock which have
been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options have yet
been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or
expiration of an Option, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered
by each such outstanding Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting
from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or
reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the
number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been
"effected without receipt of consideration."  Such adjustment shall be made by
the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and
conclusive.  Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of
shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of
any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option.

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          (b)  DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION.  In the event of the proposed
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, with respect to discretionary
Options granted under the Plan (but not with respect to Options granted to
Outside Directors) the Board may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in
such instances, declare that any such Option shall terminate as of a date fixed
by the Board and give each Optionee the right to exercise his or her Option as
to all or any part of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which the
Option would not otherwise be exercisable.

          (c)  MERGER OR ASSET SALE.  In the event of a merger of the Company
with or into another corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the
assets of the Company, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an
equivalent option shall be substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent
or Subsidiary of the successor corporation.  With respect to a discretionary
Option granted under the Plan (but not with respect to Options granted to
Outside Directors), the Administrator may, in the exercise of its sole
discretion and in lieu of such assumption or substitution, provide for the
Optionee to have the right to exercise such Option as to all of the Optioned
Stock, including as to Shares which would not otherwise be exercisable.  With
respect to Options granted to Outside Directors on or after the Effective Date
of the Plan, in the event that the successor corporation does not agree to
assume such Options or to substitute equivalent options, each such outstanding
Option shall become fully vested and exercisable, including as to Shares as to
which it would not otherwise be exercisable, unless the Board, in its
discretion, determines otherwise.  With respect to Options granted to Outside
Directors prior to the Effective Date of the Plan, in the event that the
successor corporation does not agree to assume such Options or to substitute
equivalent options, such Options shall terminate.  

     If the Administrator makes a discretionary Option fully exercisable in
lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets,
the Administrator shall notify the Optionee that the Option shall be fully
exercisable for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such notice, and
the Option will terminate upon the expiration of such period.  

     For the purposes of this subsection, the Option shall be considered
assumed if, following the merger or sale of assets, the option confers the
right to purchase, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option
immediately prior to the merger or sale of assets, the consideration (whether
stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or sale of
assets by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of
the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the
type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding
Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger
or sale of assets was not solely common stock of the successor corporation or
its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor
corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of
the Option, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option, to be
solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair
market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock
in the merger or sale of assets.

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     15.  OPTION DATE OF GRANT.  The date of grant of an Option shall be, for
all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination
granting such Option, or such other later date as is determined by the
Administrator.  Notice of the determination shall be provided to each Optionee
within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

     16.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

          (a)  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.  The Board may at any time amend,
alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.  

          (b)  STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL.  The Company shall obtain stockholder
approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply
with Rule 16b-3 or with Sections 422 and 424 of the Code (or any successor
rules or statutes or other applicable laws, rules or regulations, including the
requirements of any exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted).  Such stockholder approval, if required, shall be obtained
in such a manner and to such a degree as is required by the applicable law,
rule or regulation.

          (c)  EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.  No amendment, alteration,
suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of any Optionee,
unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Administrator,
which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company.

     17.  CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES.  

          (a)  LEGAL COMPLIANCE.  Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the
exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and
delivery of such Shares shall comply with all relevant provisions of law,
including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Applicable
Laws, and the requirements of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which
the Shares may then be listed or quoted, and shall be further subject to the
approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

          (b)  INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS.  As a condition to the exercise of
an Option, the Company may require the person exercising such Option to
represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are
being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell
or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such
a representation is required.

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     18.  LIABILITY OF COMPANY.

          (a)  INABILITY TO OBTAIN AUTHORITY.  The inability of the Company to
obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority
is deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and
sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in
respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite
authority shall not have been obtained.

          (b)  OPTION GRANTS EXCEEDING ALLOTTED SHARES.  If the Optioned Stock
covered by an Option exceeds, as of the date of grant, the number of Shares
which may be issued under the Plan without additional stockholder approval,
such Option shall be void with respect to such excess Optioned Stock, unless
stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of
Shares subject to the Plan is timely obtained in accordance with Section 16(b)
of the Plan.

     19.  RESERVATION OF SHARES.  The Company, during the term of this Plan,
will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

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                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                               NOTICE OF GRANT

     Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

[Optionee's Name and Address]

     You have been granted an option to purchase Common Stock of the Company,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as
follows:

     Grant Number                          
                                         --------------------------

     Date of Grant
                                         --------------------------

     Vesting Commencement Date
                                         --------------------------

     Exercise Price per Share           $
                                         --------------------------
                                      
     Total Number of Shares Granted
                                         --------------------------

     Total Exercise Price               $
                                         --------------------------

     Type of Option:                         Incentive Stock Option
                                         ---
                                             Nonstatutory Stock Option
                                         ---

     Term/Expiration Date:
                                         --------------------------

     Vesting Schedule:
     -----------------
     This Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, in accordance with the
following schedule:

     25% of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest twelve months after the
Vesting Commencement Date, and 1/48 of the Shares subject to the Option shall
vest each month thereafter.

     Termination Period:
     -------------------
     This Option may be exercised for three months after termination of the
Optionee's employment or consulting relationship with the Company.  Upon the
death or Disability of the Optionee, this Option may be exercised for such
longer period as provided in the Plan. In the event of the Optionee's change in
status from Employee to Consultant or Consultant to Employee, this Option
Agreement shall remain in effect.  In no event shall this Option be exercised
later than the Term/Expiration Date as provided above.
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                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                               OPTION AGREEMENT

     Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

     1.   GRANT OF OPTION.  The Plan Administrator of the Company hereby grants
to the Optionee named in the Notice of Grant attached as Part I of this
Agreement (the "Optionee"), an option (the "Option") to purchase the number of
Shares, as set forth in the Notice of Grant, at the exercise price per share
set forth in the Notice of Grant (the "Exercise Price"), subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference.  Subject
to Section 15(c) of the Plan, in the event of a conflict between the terms and
conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement,
the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail.

          If designated in the Notice of Grant as an Incentive Stock Option
("ISO"), this Option is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under
Section 422 of the Code.  However, if this Option is intended to be an
Incentive Stock Option, to the extent that it exceeds the $100,000 rule of Code
Section 422(d) it shall be treated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option ("NSO").

     2.   EXERCISE OF OPTION.

          (a)  RIGHT TO EXERCISE.  This Option is exercisable during its term
in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set out in the Notice of Grant and the
applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.  In the event of
Optionee's death, Disability or other termination of Optionee's employment or
consulting relationship, the exercisability of the Option is governed by the
applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.

          (b)  METHOD OF EXERCISE.  This Option is exercisable by delivery of
an exercise notice, in the form attached as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"),
which shall state the election to exercise the Option, the number of Shares in
respect of which the Option is being exercised (the "Exercised Shares"), and
such other representations and agreements as may be required by the Company
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.  The Exercise Notice shall be signed by
the Optionee and shall be delivered in person or by certified mail to the
Secretary of the Company.  The Exercise Notice shall be accompanied by payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price as to all Exercised Shares.  This Option shall
be deemed to be exercised upon receipt by the Company of such fully executed
Exercise Notice accompanied by such aggregate Exercise Price.

          No Shares shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of this Option
unless such issuance and exercise complies with all relevant provisions of law
and the requirements of any stock exchange or quotation service upon which the
Shares are then listed.  Assuming such compliance, for income tax purposes the
Exercised Shares shall be considered transferred to the Optionee on the date
the Option is exercised with respect to such Exercised Shares.
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     3.   METHOD OF PAYMENT.  Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be
by any of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the
Optionee:

          (a)  cash; or

          (b)  check; or

          (c)  delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with
such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable,
shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company
of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exerciseprice; or

          (d)  surrender of other Shares which (i) in the case of Shares
acquired upon exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for more
than six (6) months on the date of surrender, AND (ii) have a Fair Market Value
on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Exercised
Shares.

     4.   NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION.  This Option may not be transferred in
any manner otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and
may be exercised during the lifetime of Optionee only by the Optionee.  The
terms of the Plan and this Option Agreement shall be binding upon the
executors, administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of the Optionee.

     5.   TERM OF OPTION.  This Option may be exercised only within the term
set out in the Notice of Grant, and may be exercised during such term only in
accordance with the Plan and the terms of this Option Agreement.

     6.   TAX CONSEQUENCES.  Some of the federal and California tax
consequences relating to this Option, as of the date of this Option, are set
forth below.  THIS SUMMARY IS NECESSARILY INCOMPLETE, AND THE TAX LAWS AND
REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  THE OPTIONEE SHOULD CONSULT A TAX ADVISER
BEFORE EXERCISING THIS OPTION OR DISPOSING OF THE SHARES.

          (a)  EXERCISING THE OPTION.

               (i)  NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION.  The Optionee may incur regular
federal income tax and California income tax liability upon exercise of a NSO.
The Optionee will be treated as having received compensation income (taxable at
ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market
Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their aggregate
Exercise Price.  If the Optionee is an Employee, the Company will be required
to withhold from his or her compensation or collect from Optionee and pay to
the applicable taxing authorities an amount equal to a percentage of this
compensation income at the time of exercise.

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              (ii)  INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION.  If this Option qualifies as an
ISO, the Optionee will have no regular federal income tax or California income
tax liability upon its exercise, although the excess, if any, of the Fair
Market Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their
aggregate Exercise Price will be treated as an adjustment to alternative
minimum taxable income for federal tax purposes and may subject the Optionee to
alternative minimum tax in the year of exercise.  In the event that the
Optionee undergoes a change of status from Employee to Consultant, any
Incentive Stock Option of the Optionee that remains unexercised shall cease to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a
Nonstatutory Stock Option on the ninety-first (91st) day following such change
of status.

          (b)  DISPOSITION OF SHARES.  

               (i)  NSO.  If the Optionee holds NSO Shares for at least one
year, any gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated as
long-term capital gain for federal income tax purposes.

              (ii)  ISO.  If the Optionee holds ISO Shares for at least one
year after exercise and two years after the grant date, any gain realized on
disposition of the Shares will be treated as long-term capital gain for federal
income tax purposes.  If the Optionee disposes of ISO Shares within one year
after exercise or two years after the grant date, any gain realized on such
disposition will be treated as compensation income (taxable at ordinary income
rates) to the extent of the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the difference
between the Fair Market Value of the Shares acquired on the date of exercise
and the aggregate Exercise Price, or (B) the difference between the sale price
of such Shares and the aggregate Exercise Price.

          (c)  NOTICE OF DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITION OF ISO SHARES.  If the
Optionee sells or otherwise disposes of any of the Shares acquired pursuant to
an ISO on or before the later of (i) two years after the grant date, or (ii)
one year after the exercise date, the Optionee shall immediately notify the
Company in writing of such disposition.  The Optionee agrees that he or she may
be subject to income tax withholding by the Company on the compensation income
recognized from such early disposition of ISO Shares by payment in cash or out
of the current earnings paid to the Optionee.

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     By your signature and the signature of the Company's representative below,
you and the Company agree that this Option is granted under and governed by the
terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.  Optionee has
reviewed the Plan and this Option Agreement in their entirety, has had an
opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Option
Agreement and fully understands all provisions of the Plan and Option
Agreement.  Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final
all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions
relating to the Plan and Option Agreement.  Optionee further agrees to notify
the Company upon any change in the residence address indicated below.

OPTIONEE:                       CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                                         By:
- -----------------------------------         -----------------------------------

Signature

                                      Title:                                   

- -----------------------------------         -----------------------------------

Print Name

- -----------------------------------                           
Residence Address

                           
- -----------------------------------

                              CONSENT OF SPOUSE

     The undersigned spouse of Optionee has read and hereby approves the terms
and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.  In consideration of the
Company's granting his or her spouse the right to purchase Shares as set forth
in the Plan and this Option Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees to be
irrevocably bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option
Agreement and further agrees that any community property interest shall be
similarly bound.  The undersigned hereby appoints the undersigned's spouse as
attorney-in-fact for the undersigned with respect to any amendment or exercise
of rights under the Plan or this Option Agreement.

                                                                               

                                   -------------------------------------------
                                   Spouse of Optionee

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                                  EXHIBIT A

                      CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN

                               EXERCISE NOTICE

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
3901 North First Street
San Jose, CA  95134
Attention:  Secretary  

     1.   EXERCISE OF OPTION.  Effective as of today,                , 199  ,
                                                      --------------      --
the undersigned ("Purchaser") hereby elects to purchase             shares (the
                                                        -----------        
"Shares") of the Common Stock of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (the
"Company") under and pursuant to the 1994 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and
the Stock Option Agreement dated, 19    (the "Option Agreement").  The purchase
                                    ---
price for the Shares shall be  $             , as required by the Option
                                 -----------    
Agreement.

     2.   DELIVERY OF PAYMENT.  Purchaser herewith delivers to the Company the
full purchase price for the Shares.

     3.   REPRESENTATIONS OF PURCHASER.  Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser
has received, read and understood the Plan and the Option Agreement and agrees
to abide by and be bound by their terms and conditions.

     4.   RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER.  Until the issuance (as evidenced by the
appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer
agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right
to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist
with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option.
A share certificate for the number of Shares so acquired shall be issued to the
Optionee as soon as practicable after exercise of the Option.  No adjustment
will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior
to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 14
of the Plan.

     5.   TAX CONSULTATION.  Purchaser understands that Purchaser may suffer
adverse tax consequences as a result of Purchaser's purchase or disposition of
the Shares.  Purchaser represents that Purchaser has consulted with any tax
consultants Purchaser deems advisable in connection with the purchase or
disposition of the Shares and that Purchaser is not relying on the Company for
any tax advice.

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     6.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; GOVERNING LAW.  The Plan and Option Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference.  This Agreement, the Plan and the Option
Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their
entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Purchaser
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and such agreement is governed by
California law except for that body of law pertaining to conflict of laws.

Submitted by:                       Accepted by:

PURCHASER:                          CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

- ---------------------------------   By:                                        

Signature                               --------------------------------- 

- ---------------------------------  Its:                                        

Print Name                              ---------------------------------

Address:                        Address:

___________________________        3901 North First Street
                                   San Jose, CA  95134
___________________________

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                                 EXHIBIT 5.1

                                July 18, 1994

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
3901 North First Street
San Jose, CA  95134

Gentlemen:

    We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
July 19, 1994, in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of your Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the 1994 Stock Option Plan (the "Option
Plan").  As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken
and are familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in
connection with the sale and issuance of said shares.

    It is our opinion that, upon completion of the proceedings to be
taken prior to issuance of the shares pursuant to the Prospectus
constituting part of and incorporated by reference into the Regis-
tration Statement on Form S-8 and upon completion of the proceedings
being taken in order to permit such transactions to be carried out in
accordance with the securities laws of the various states where
required, the shares, when issued and sold in the manner referred to
in the Option Plan and the agreements which accompany the Option Plan,
and in accordance with the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.

    We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to said
Registration Statement and further consent to the use of our name
wherever appearing in said Registration Statement, including the
Prospectus constituting a part thereof, and amendments thereto.

                             Very truly yours,

                             WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                             Professional Corporation
        
                        /s/  WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI