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USB 3.0 PC and Motherboard at IDF

Posted by on September 17, 2009

I’ve just read some great news from the USB-IF.

ASUS will demonstrate the X58 motherboard with an on-board USB 3.0 Host controller from NEC Electronics.

Fujitsu will demonstrate their Notebook PC with a built-in USB 3.0 Host controller (again from NEC) connected to a Buffalo SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Solid-State Drive.

You can read the press release on the ASUS and Fujitsu/Buffalo demos here.

I can not express how super cool this is, and how excited I am that these items will be demo’ed next week (Sept 22-24, 2009) at IDF in San Francisco.

I really, really, really hope these go into mass production soon.  I hope to find out when I see them.

If you will recall, NEC announced mass production at 1 Million units per month starting in September 2009, so it stands to reason that the ASUS motherboard and the Fujitsu PC might be at least 2 of the products that would actually use the chips.

Since it looks like the USB-IF is ready to start testing and certifying items that earn the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 logo, there is a chance we will see real products in a few months.

My fingers are crossed…

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Covering the latest trends and topics in USB IP.

Eric started working on USB in 1995, starting with the world’s first BIOS that supported USB Keyboards and Mice while at Award Software. After a departure into embedded systems software for real-time operating systems, he returned to USB IP cores and software at inSilicon, one of the leading suppliers of USB IP. In 2002, inSilicon was acquired by Synopsys and he’s been here since. He also served as Chairman of the USB On-The-Go Working Group for the USB Implementers Forum from 2004-2006.

Eric received an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and an M.S. in Engineering from University of California Irvine, and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Minnesota. and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering in the State of California.


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