We showed you our USB 3.1 Host and Device, Platform to Platform demonstration all the way back on November 8 (read the Nov 19 updated blog entry), so we thought we should prove we actually are running USB 3.1 transactions. We invited Chuck Trefts from Ellisys to bring in their USB 3.1 analyzer. It’s a […]
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Well, my originally Blog Entry was decapitated so you only read the fascinating Introduction and got to watch the video. Let’s face it, that’s all you really cared about anyways. First part of the Blog is Repeated here – If you read that then skip to the ****** below After working for more than a […]
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Universe’s First Platform-to-Platform 10G USB 3.1 Host and Device demonstration (over a cable) After working with the USB-IF for more than a year developing the standard, I’m proud and excited to present to you the Industry’s first 10G USB 3.1 Host Platform to Device Platform demonstration. And the first by an IP Company… What […]
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The USB released a standard called Media Agnostic USB at IDF last month. The standard essentially creates a class driver specification, a software level specification so that you use USB protocols to send data over any media. Any media in this case is targeted at wireless standards WiFi and WiGig. Since it’s agnostic, the same class […]
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MacBook Air using USB 3.0 to display on 4 PC Monitors DisplayLink has now shipped millions of USB 3.0 Docking Stations in branded items from pretty much every major PC manufacturer in the business. They expanded their support to Apple PCs so or MacBook Pro and MacBook Air can now connect to a docking station and support […]
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As mentioned previously in Building a Point and Shoot Camera to Compete with Smart Phones – Part 1, any Camera built today really, really needs wireless connectivity. Basically, they need a SmartPhone without the Phone. You might get away with a WiFi only device. In this case, you want the WiFi device to use SSIC […]
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The 10 Gbps USB specification is now out and final. Here’s what to call it. Enhanced SuperSpeed Gen 1 for 5G USB Physical Layer or PHY (formerly USB 3.0 or Superspeed USB that operates at all USB 3.0 speeds and lower) and Gen 2 for the faster 10G USB Physical Layer operating speed Together a complete […]
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Falling Shipments of Point and Shoot Cameras The Wall Street Journal reported that Point and Shoot Sales are down 42% in the first 5 months of 2013. That seems like a lot to me. If you read the article, you’ll learn the major manufacturers are forecasting further drops. They are introducing 10 instead of 20 […]
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World’s First USB 3.0 SSIC Demonstration with a MIPI M-PHY Yes, we actually showed the first one about 2 months ago where we showed compliance, but we thought you should see an actual application operating. As a reminder, SSIC is: Super Speed Interchip For on PCB use of USB 3.0 protocol standards Supports only USB […]
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Thunderbolt 1 Flash Drive PCWorld reported the demonstration of a Thunderbolt 1 Flash Drive at Computex 2013. The drive is a prototype. The prototype is 128GB in size, made by SanDisk, and is considered an SSD, and apparently operates at Thunderbolt 1 speeds. The PCWorld article shows a picture of the drive (shown above), but does not show […]
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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.