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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Because you read this blog, you already know that DisplayLink has taped-out a chip and started a second chip from our press release in October 2011. DisplayLink makes a USB 3.0 to HDMI or DVI converter. If you clicked on that image above, and nothing happened, it’s because it’s not a hyperlink, it’s just […]
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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.
