I love these kinds of questions It’s like asking if California has the best sunsets or places like Beijing or Kyoto or Seoul or Bangalore do. Which city has your favorite sunset? As marketing people, we ask and get asked this all the time. Which one will win? Because with every battle royale there must […]
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Posted in DisplayPort, HDMI, USB Video | Comments Off on Welcome to the Chip Battle Royale: HDMI vs. DisplayPort (or USB Type-C). Who Will Win?
A cool video on USB 3.2 and USB 3.2 Primer Part 2 Today, on Thursday, (what I call 2nd Wednesday), I’ll write about Isochronous over USB 3.2. Before that, Our Super PHY Guy, Gervais Fong, (Product Marketing Manager for USB and DP PHYs) has an great introduction to USB 3.2. Watch the video first. ttps://youtu.be/Q2lkl6jvE6E […]
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Posted in USB 3.2, USB Video | Comments Off on A cool video on USB 3.2 and USB 3.2 Primer Part 2
Thanks to the huge consumer demand for increased safety, autonomous driving and improved luxury in vehicles the automotive SoC market is expected to grow at 6.7% CAGR between 2014 to 2019 (source IC Market Drivers, IC Insights Jan 2016). The fastest growing segment is the Automated Driver Assistance System, ADAS, which is estimated to have […]
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Posted in 10G USB, Everyday USB, iPhone, Mobile Phone, SuperSpeed USB, Type C, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, USB Power, Mobile Phones, Tablets, USB Video, USB-C, USB-IF | Comments Off on USB in Automotive Applications
Here’s some lost footage, I’ve just found from my visit to CES 2013 with DisplayLink. John points to ASUS, Lenovo, and HP Docking stations using the DisplayLink chip. Most interesting, John Cummins, VP of Marketing, demonstrates the Dell Monitor with a Built In Docking Station used with a Tablet towards the end of this video. […]
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Posted in DisplayLink, HDMI, Tablets, USB 3.0, USB 3.0, USB Power Delivery, USB Video | Comments Off on DisplayLink at CES 2013 – Docking Station with a Tablet
So here’s the projected retail price of a 256GB SSD with fast flash inside it What this tells you/me is that the same SSD Crucial drive I bought from Amazon in February 2013 will drop in Retail Price to $18-40. Remember, since you’ve read the other 3 articles, this means you can now take this super fast […]
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Posted in Digital Video, DSC, DVC, NAND Flash, USB Video | Comments Off on Why my Video Cameras and Digital Cameras really need USB 3.0 – Part 4
HP has started shipping a USB 3.0 port replicator (docking station) at a price point of $149 based on the DisplayLink USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI video chip. DisplayLink adds HP to it’s list of customers which includes HP and Lenovo USB 3.0 port replicator / docking station products and 2 Targus products. (You can see […]
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Posted in DisplayLink, FPGA-Based Prototyping, HDMI, Success Stories, USB 3.0, USB 3.0 Products, USB Demonstration, USB Video | Comments Off on DisplayLink Announces HP USB 3.0 Docking Station Design Win
Fujitsu and Lenovo announced USB 3.0 Docking Stations both using the DisplayLink USB 3.0 to HDMI chip. Fujitsu USB 3.0 Docking Station The ThinkPad Lenovo USB 3.0 Docking Station also has the DisplayLink chip in it. It’s a pretty sleek design. To celebrate the availability of these two terrific USB 3.0 products, […]
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Posted in SuperSpeed USB, Tablets, USB 3.0, USB 3.0 Products, USB Demonstration, USB Video | Comments Off on Fujitsu, Lenovo USB 3.0 Docking Stations, Fast USB 3.0 Flash Drive Dialog
Synopsys worked with the USB-IF SSIC Working Group to develop a SSIC Proof of Concept demonstration. The USB-IF has been working on SSIC for some time. This Proof of Concept in FPGA is to test the SSIC specification version 0.90 to see if it actually works in hardware. It worked (mostly). We learned, […]
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Posted in FPGA-Based Prototyping, HSIC, Smartphone, SSIC, SuperSpeed USB, Synopsys USB Demonstration, USB Certification, USB Demonstration, USB Video, USB-IF | Comments Off on The World’s First Demonstration of SuperSpeed InterChip (SSIC)
Here you will see demonstrated the fastest USB 3.0 IP in the Universe*. Or at least the fastest published numbers that isn’t marketing hype. This demo shows SuperSpeed USB 3.0 effective throughput: SuperSpeed USB 3.0 can really move data. Synopsys USB 3.0 IP can really move data. The demonstration includes our USB 3.0 xHCI Host […]
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Posted in Synopsys USB Demonstration, USB 3.0 Device, USB 3.0 Host, USB 3.0 Performance, USB 3.0 PHY, USB Demonstration, USB IP, USB Video | Comments Off on Fastest USB 3.0 IP in the Universe
Most people don’t have a clue what goes on with USB 3.0 Certification (or USB 2.0 Certification). So here’s a video of our USB 3.0 xHCI Host interoperating with a whole bunch of USB products. These products are arranged into a USB Gold Tree as specified by the USB-IF. USB 3.0 xHCI Host Certification […]
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Posted in HAPS, Synopsys USB Demonstration, USB 3.0, USB 3.0 Adoption, USB Certification, USB IP, USB Video | Comments Off on Synopsys USB 3.0 Host Certification Demo with USB Gold Tree
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.