So it’s happened, the company the company that invested USB, and drove USB 2.0 and now USB 3.0 to success has certified their own USB 3.0 Host Controllers. The USB-IF announcement image (and hyperlink) is below. It looks like the Series 7 chips set goes into standard PCs that you and I […]
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HP’s all in one TouchSmart 520 PC has 2 USB 3.0 Ports included in a beautiful, single unit touchscreen PC. It has a BluRay burner, which is pretty cool too. So HP beats Apple in features here. Read the PCWorld Review article here. ADATA now waterproofed USB drives, so you can carry these […]
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Eric’s Kindle Fire I opened my Kindle Fire today (upon returning from Asia). I’m pleased but underwhelmed. First Impressions: 1) Great Screen 2) Heavier than Kindle 3rd Generation, much heavier than iPod 3) Fast Browsing 4) Interface as responsive as the iPad 5) I have no content (except for lots of books with […]
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Eric’s Kindle Fire I opened my Kindle Fire today (upon returning from Asia). I’m pleased but underwhelmed. First Impressions: 1) Great Screen 2) Heavier than Kindle 3rd Generation, much heavier than iPod 3) Fast Browsing 4) Interface as responsive as the iPad 5) I have no content (except for lots of books with […]
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All USB Storage products, Flash Drives, Thumb Drives, Hard Drives, and SSDs use a transfer protocol called “Bulk Only Transfer” or “BOT” protocol. This works reliably in Windows and Linux and other operating systems. In USB, a Bulk Transfers refers to a transfer of data that must be 100% accurate when it arrives. No errors […]
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TI has a concept video demonstrating how their OMAP based phones could pay for a taxi ride. I found a taxi in Tokyo that supports exactly this kind of mobile payment. The blue dot on the right is where you waive your cell phone. In Japan the primary Near Field Communications (NFC) appears to be […]
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Google iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 and you will get about gazillion hits, hopefully including this Blog Smartphones drive the need for USB 3.0 in digital cameras and digital video cameras to From the Apple event Monday “We’re now on to the camera in the iPhone 4S. “We set our sights on competing with the […]
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Why does it matter that Synopsys has more than 30 customers and 40 design wins for USB 3.0? An excellent question. Let’s start with this: When will PCs have USB 3.0? In April this year, AMD and the Innovator that invented USB announced USB 3.0 will ship in 2012. When will Microsoft support USB […]
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So the European Union has said, you must use USB as the charger for all cell phones in Europe going forward. In fact, the EU estimates that there are over 1 Billion Phone chargers sitting around Europe that are simply garbage. By changing over to USB as the standard connector, this will eliminate the need […]
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Windows 8 from a USB 3.0 Flash Drive At the Build Conference, Microsoft introduced something called “Windows To Go” This lets you boot Windows 8 on a USB Flash Drive, so you no longer have to carry around a whole computer. You could carry around USB Flash Drive that has your entire Windows 8 […]
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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. 
Michael (Mick) Posner joined Synopsys in 1994 and is currently Director of Product Marketing for Synopsys' DesignWare USB Solutions. Previously, he was the Director of Product Marketing for Physical (FPGA-based) Prototyping and has held various product marketing, technical marketing manager and application consultant positions at Synopsys. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Brighton, England.
