The big question on people’s minds is if wireless, data transfer and charging, will replace USB in the future. The simple answer is NO, USB is here to stay. For the longer answer read on. It is true, wireless data transfer and wireless charging has replaced some of the traditional USB cable connected usage but […]
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Posted in Bluetooth, Everyday USB, State of USB, Type C, USB, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, USB-C, WiFi | Comments Off on Will Wireless (data & charging) replace USB?
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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Posted in Media Agnostic USB, Realtek, Success Stories, USB 3.0, WiFi | Comments Off on Media Agnostic USB – USB over WiFi in Qualcomm designs – Updated Oct 15
I’m proud to report Synopsys is the first and only company to demonstrate a real USB 3.0 Host and USB 3.0 Device working with a real MIPI M-PHY and not only demonstrating traffic, but demonstrating how we can pass the tests run by the standard USB Compliance Verifier (USBCV) 3.0. Before we begin, remember that SSIC […]
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Posted in SSIC, USB 3.0, USB 3.0 IP, WiFi | Comments Off on Industry’s First Demo of USB 3.0 SSIC and MIPI M-PHY Passing USB Compliance Tests
Now that you are back from the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder’s meeting in Omaha, filled with Gorat’s Steakhouse steak and Dairy Queen goodness, your thoughts naturally turn to USB 3.0 and ask: Where can I find USB 3.o in WiFi? After you read about wireless drives in last week’s entry, you need a fast router that is […]
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Posted in State of USB, USB 3.0, WiFi | Comments Off on State of USB – Spring 2013 – Part 2 – Wireless Routers
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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Posted in SATA, SSD, State of USB, USB 3.0, USB 3.0, WiFi | Comments Off on State of USB – Spring 2013 – Part 1 – Wireless Drives
Camera makers can make more money by embedding NAND Flash in their cameras. How Camera Makers Limit Themselves Why haven’t camera makers embedded NAND Flash? Because of cost and profit margins. They don’t include it because most camera makers and the decision makers a conservative bunch of chip makers. More importantly, they value image quality […]
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Posted in Digital Video, DSC, DVC, Smartphone, USB 3.0, USB 3.0, USB WiFi, WiFi | Comments Off on Why my Video Cameras and Digital Cameras really need USB 3.0 – Part 2
I had lunch with a friend today. By today, I mean 9 days ago. Yes, well, I think he’s a friend. He and I are too cheap to subscribe to Cloud services to back up all our pictures and data for our home computers. We’ve both purchased USB 3.0 Hard Drives. He backs his up […]
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Posted in USB WiFi, WiFi | Comments Off on Double-Speed USB 3.0 – Why it’s needed, really – Part 2 – USB and WiFi
In a WiFi group I visit, I received a response that said something like “I’ve reviewed WiFi-AC products with USB 2.0 and it seems that WiFi-AC can’t really take adantage of USB 3.0 speeds” First, Iappreciated the response. Second, I thought, “If I am an early adopter, I already use WiFi-N 2×2 and I get […]
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Posted in Uncategorized, USB Toys, USB WiFi, WiFi | Comments Off on Latency, WiFi, and USB 3.0
You’ve read the first criticisms of the first WiFi-AC routers that have only USB 2.0 and not USB 3.0. USB 2.0 just isn’t fast enough. You can read our article here at ChipDesign on how Wireless demands Wired USB 3.0 including all the neat data that shows that: Draft WiFi-AC is 0.450-0.900 Gbps and faster WiFi-N […]
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Posted in USB 3.0, WiFi | Comments Off on Wireless needs Wired USB 3.0
Corrected November 29, 2012 – Thanks to reader Glenn for the info – The world’s first 2 Wireless WiFi Routers supporting USB 3.0 started shipping recently fro Netgear and D-Link. The Netgear Centria (WNDR4700/4720) and the D-Link HD Media Rounter (DIR-857) support the WiFi-AC standard which promises data rates of 450 Megabits per second […]
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Posted in USB 3.0 Products, WiFi | Comments Off on The World’s First 2 Wireless Routers with USB 3.0, PCI Express Blog Launches Today
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.