As your thoughts turn to spring, and the great outdoors (except for in Minnesota where I’m from, where you watched fishing on TV this past weekend), you naturally ask yourself, “What is going on with that whole USB 3.0 thing?” Well, it’s been 1 year since the Ivy Bridge chipset started shipping with USB 3.0 […]
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A feature in Toshiba laptops allows you to charge your USB devices from USB ports even when your PC is asleep. I thought this was pretty cool because with standard PCs, your laptop has to be on to charge your devices, on the Toshiba, your laptop can be off. http://laptops.toshiba.com/research-center/technology-guides/esata-usb-port I assume that you can […]
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I realized I forgot the the best possible USB 3.0 product. 5) Combined USB 3.0 Host and USB 3.0 Flash Express Card. This is the ExpressCard that has both a USB 3.0 Host and a USB 3.0 Flash Drive embedded in it. Basically, the USB 3.0 Flash Drive adds storage, it has 100GB or more […]
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I’m offering my fellow PMMs some space to write on my blog because: 1) They occasionally have insightful things to say 2) Turns out I’m not as insightful as I thought Mick Posner is the SATA Chauvinist Pig. I have a modicum of respect for his thoughts. (He causes havoc if I don’t listen to […]
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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.