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Wednesday 18 December 2013
VIA claims NT$4.14 billion compensation for IP infringements by Asustek, ASMedia
IC design house VIA Technologies on December 17 filed with the Taipei Local Court to request NT$4.14 billion (US$139 million) in compensation for losses due to infringement of its...
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Inventory of eMMC devices rises, say sources
The inventory of eMMC devices has risen along with an increase in NAND flash inventory, prompting chip vendors to sell the embedded memory for a low price, according to industry so...
Monday 11 November 2013
Kingston to expand purchases of USB 3.0 flash drive controllers, say sources
Kingston Technology reportedly plans to expand its purchases of USB3.0 flash drive components, which is expected to boost the penetration rate for drives with USB 3.0, according to...
Tuesday 15 October 2013
USB 3.0 flash drive demand disappoints
Demand for USB 3.0 flash drives has been a disappointment thus far in 2013 with the penetration rate reaching only 10%. Industry observers anticipate the penetration rate will climb...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Silicon Motion introduces SM3267 USB 3.0 controller
Silicon Motion Technology has announced that it has begun sampling its new, single-channel controller solution for USB 3.0 flash drives, the SM3267. By integrating an embedded crystal...
Monday 23 September 2013
USB 3.0 flash drive penetration rate to approach only 10% in 2013, says DRAMeXchange
The market penetration rate for USB 3.0 flash drives may reach only 10% in 2013 before approaching 20-25% in 2014, according to DRAMeXchange.
Wednesday 21 August 2013
Innostor to begin mass production of new USB 3.0 controller chip in September
USB 3.0 controller IC vendor Innostor Technology plans to begin volume production of its new single-channel USB 3.0 controller chip, the IS917, in September, according to the compa...
Friday 2 August 2013
USB 3.0 Promoter Group announces availability of USB 3.1 specification to increase SuperSpeed USB to 10Gbps
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced the completion of the USB 3.1 specification which adds enhancements to enable SuperSpeed USB to operate at up to 10Gbps.
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Products with new Intel 8-series chipsets to show up in September
Intel's 8-series chipsets, designed for Haswell-based processors, are seeing defects in their USB 3.0 feature, and although Intel has distributed fixed chipsets to motherboard and...
Friday 7 June 2013
ASMedia developing 10Gbps USB 3.5 chips
ASMedia Technology has started developing 10Gbps USB 3.5 host and device controller chips with availability scheduled for 2014, according to company president Chewei Lin.
Monday 20 May 2013
More firms provide crystal-less USB 3.0 device controllers
More USB 3.0 device controller suppliers have launched crystal-less solutions designed for small, lightweight products, including startup M31 Technology. The design would also help...
Friday 3 May 2013
Innostor sees USB 3.0 flash drive controller shipments boom
Innostor Technology, a fabless USB device controller firm, expects to see shipments of its SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) flash drive controllers climb 30% sequentially in the second quarter...
Friday 19 April 2013
Startup offers USB 3.0 PHY IP on TSMC 40nm
M31 Technology, a Taiwan-based silicon IP startup, has announced that its USB 3.0 PHY (physical layer interface) technology is silicon proven on TSMC's 40nm HKMG technology node....
Thursday 18 April 2013
Companies gearing up for USB 3.0 hub market boom
USB controller chipmakers including ASMedia Technology, Genesys Logic, Realtek Semiconductor, Renesas Electronics, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), Texas Instruments (TI)...
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Demand for touch controller, eDP, USB 3.0 chips rises on forthcoming Haswell
Taiwan-based IC suppliers for touch controllers, eDP (embedded DisplayPort) solutions and USB 3.0 chips, have seen a pick-up in demand recently, as notebook OEMs and ODMs have begun...