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Windows 8 available October 26, 2012 (with USB 3.0), and a Demo with a Win 8 Beta

Posted by Eric Huang on July 18, 2012

Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky announced the availability of Windows 8 today as reported in the Microsoft Win 8 Blog a few hours ago.

 

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For USB 3.0, it means every PC with Windows 8 will have the USB 3.0 driver support.  (Windows 7 PCs with USB 3.0 have driver support. Those drivers come

 

To celebrate this announcement, we have a demonstration of our USB 3.0 Host running on a Windows 8.

 

 

 

Our demonstration uses:

  • Public Win 8 Beta drivers
  • with our USB 3.0 xHCI Host controller
  • and USB 3.0 PHY
  • on HAPS51FXT FPGA-Based Prototyping hardware.

And we run the USB 3.0 compliance test too. So, at least, you know it works in this setup.

My points:

Win 8 Launch Date Oct 26, 2012

Win 8 is good for USB 3.0

Synopsys tests with Win 8 USB 3.0 drivers (already)

 

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Comments from Bloggers and Reviewers of Bloggers

 

My colleague Michael Posner writes a blog on FPGA-Based Prototyping.  He wrote a blog on my blog on USB 3.0 on a HAPS61-2 platform. In his review, ChipDesign’s Ed Sperling said the following:

“Synopsys’ Michael Posner pays homage to one of his colleagues and fellow bloggers, Eric Huang—who was alive and well at last sighting—while focusing at least tangentially on FPGA prototyping. We’re not quite sure of the real purpose of this blog, but it’s hard to stop laughing. “

At least go to Posner’s blog to see terrific screen shot of me.  Check out Michael Posner’s blog talking about me and maybe even FPGA Prototyping here or by clicking on the headine below

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This post is filed under HAPS, USB 3.0, USB 3.0 Adoption, USB 3.0 Pricing, Windows 8.
 
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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


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.
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