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Amendment to the Third and Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.1 
 AMENDMENT TO THE TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 
 THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 Pursuant to Section 15(a) of the Third Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Plan is hereby amended (this
“Amendment”) as follows: 
 The definition of “Fair Market Value” under Section 2(r) of the Plan shall be replaced with the
following definition: 
 (r)    “Fair Market Value” means, as of any given date, the value of the Common
Stock determined as follows: 
 (i)    If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national
market system, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for the Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for such date, or if no bids or sales were reported for such date, then
the closing sales price (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) on the trading date immediately prior to such date during which a bid or sale occurred, in each case, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the
Administrator deems reliable; or 
 (ii)    If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but
selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on such date, or if no closing bid and asked prices were reported for such date, the date immediately prior to such
date during which closing bid and asked prices were quoted for the Common Stock, in each case, 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 thereof shall be determined in good
faith by the Administrator. 
 This Amendment to the Plan shall be effective as of March 14, 2007 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tessera Technologies, Inc. has approved this Amendment to the Plan as of this 14th day of March, 2007. 
  

			
	TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Charles A. Webster
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerConsent and Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 CONSENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 4 
 TO 
 LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 
 THIS CONSENT
AND AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 5th
day of March, 2007, by and between CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), and SILICON VALLEY
BANK (“Bank”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings given them in the Loan Agreement (as defined below). 
 RECITALS 
 A.
Borrower and Bank have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 25, 2003 (as amended to date, the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which Bank agreed to extend and make available to
Borrower certain advances of money. 
 B. Borrower intends to sell (a) its Silicon Valley Technology Center business to certain
private equity firms in exchange for approximately $53 million in cash; and (b) all of the stock of its Subsidiary, SMaL Camera Technologies, Inc., to Sensata Technologies, Inc. in exchange for cash (both of such sales being collectively
referred to herein as the “Disposition Transactions”). 
 C. Borrower intends to (a) issue and sell up to
$600,000,000 principal amount of convertible senior notes due September 15, 2009 (the “Notes”) to be issued under an Indenture (the “Indenture”) between Borrower and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee; (b) in connection with the issuance of the Notes, enter into one or more convertible note hedges pursuant to one or more Confirmations of Convertible Senior Note Hedge Transaction (the “Hedge
Confirmation”); (c) contemporaneously with the execution of the Hedge Confirmation, enter into one or more warrant agreements pursuant to one or more Confirmations of Issuer Warrant Transaction (the “Warrant
Confirmation”); and (d) enter into one or more accelerated share repurchase transactions in which Borrower will use funds in an amount not exceeding the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes to finance the repurchase of shares of
its common stock (the “Share Repurchase”) pursuant to one or more Confirmations of Accelerated Share Repurchase Transaction (the “ASR Confirmation”) (the Notes, the Indenture, the Hedge Confirmation,
the Warrant Confirmation, and the ASR Confirmation, collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) (the actions described in items (a) through (d) being collectively referred to herein as the “Convertible
Note Transactions” and together with the Disposition Transactions, the “Transactions”). 
 D.
Borrower desires that Bank consent to the Transactions and amend the Loan Agreement as necessary in connection therewith. 
 E.
Subject to the representations and warranties of Borrower herein and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment, Bank is willing to so consent and to amend the Loan Agreement. 

 AGREEMENT 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Consents. 

 1.1 Disposition of Assets. To the
extent not otherwise permitted by Section 7.1(c) (Dispositions) of the Loan Agreement, Bank hereby consents to the Disposition Transactions. 
 1.2 Convertible Note Transactions. To the extent not otherwise permitted by the terms of the Loan Agreement, Bank hereby (a) consents to the Convertible Note Transactions, and (b) agrees that the Convertible Notes and the
obligations of Borrower under the Hedge Confirmation and ASR Confirmation constitute Permitted Indebtedness, and the Share Repurchase constitutes a Permitted Distribution. 
  

	 	2.	Amendments to Loan Agreement. 

 2.1
Section 13 (Definitions). Section 13 of the Loan Agreement is amended in the following manner: 
 (a) A new
definition is added as follows: 
 “Convertible Note Transactions” means Borrowers undertaking to (a) issue and
sell up to $600,000,000 principal amount of convertible senior notes due September 15, 2009 (the “Convertible Notes”) to be issued under an Indenture (the “Indenture”) between Borrower and U.S.
Bank National Association, as trustee; (b) in connection with the issuance of the Notes, enter into one or more convertible note hedges pursuant to one or more Confirmations of Convertible Senior Note Hedge Transaction (the “Hedge
Confirmation”); (c) contemporaneously with the execution of the Hedge Confirmation, enter into one or more warrant agreements pursuant to one or more Confirmations of Issuer Warrant Transaction (the “Warrant
Confirmation”); and (d) enter into one or more accelerated share repurchase transactions in which Borrower will use funds in an amount not exceeding the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes to finance the repurchase of shares of
its common stock (the “Share Repurchase”) pursuant to one or more Confirmations of Accelerated Share Repurchase Transaction (the “ASR Confirmation”). 
 (b) The definitions for the following terms are amended and restated in their entirety as follows: 
 “Current Liabilities” are the aggregate amount of Total Liabilities which mature within one (1) year, excluding the
obligations of Borrower under the Convertible Notes maturing within such period. 
 “Total Liabilities” is on any
day, obligations that should, under GAAP, be classified as liabilities on Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet, including all Indebtedness, and the current portion of Subordinated Debt allowed to be paid, but excluding all other Subordinated
Debt, and excluding shares repurchased pursuant to the Convertible Note Transactions. 
  

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 3. BORROWER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES. Borrower represents and warrants that: 
 (a) immediately upon giving effect to this
Amendment (i) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date,
in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; 
 (b)
Borrower has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment; 
 (c) the certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on the Closing Date remain true,
accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect; 
 (d)
the execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Borrower; and 
 (e) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights. 
 4. LIMITATION. The consents, amendments and modifications set forth
in this Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed (a) to be a waiver or modification of any other term or condition of the Loan Agreement or of any other instrument or agreement referred to therein or to prejudice
any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Loan Agreement or any instrument or agreement referred to therein; or (b) to be a consent to any future amendment or modification or waiver to
any instrument or agreement the execution and delivery of which is consented to hereby, or to any waiver of any of the provisions thereof. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Loan Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. 
 5. EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction of all the following conditions
precedent: 
 5.1 Amendment. Borrower and Bank shall have duly executed and delivered this Amendment to Bank and each Guarantor shall
have duly executed and delivered a Reaffirmation in the form attached hereto. 
  

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 5.2 Payment of Amendment Fee. Borrower shall have paid to Bank an amendment fee in the amount of
$5,000. 
 5.3 Payment of Bank Expenses. Borrower shall have paid all Bank Expenses (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and
reasonable expenses) incurred through the date of this Amendment. 
 6. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may
be signed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if the signatures to each such counterpart were upon a single instrument. All counterparts shall be deemed an original of this
Amendment. 
 7. INTEGRATION. This Amendment, the Loan Documents and any documents executed in
connection herewith or pursuant hereto contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, offers and negotiations, oral or written, with respect thereto and
no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial or arbitration proceeding, if any, involving this Amendment or the Loan Documents; except that any financing statements or other agreements or instruments filed by Bank with respect
to Borrower shall remain in full force and effect. 
 8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
 [Signature page follows.] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first
written above. 
  

					
	 BORROWER:
	 	 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
 a Delaware corporation

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Neil Weiss

		 	Printed Name:	 	Neil Weiss
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Treasurer
		
	 BANK:
	 	SILICON VALLEY BANK
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Tom Smith

		 	Printed Name:	 	Tom Smith
		 	Title:	 	Senior Relationship Manager

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