Integrated USB 2.0 Chip Extends Its Reach To High-Speed Peripherals

摘要

This chip promises designers time-to-market and other advantages when implementing the new 480-Mbit/s standard. For most of its young life, the Universal Serial Bus, commonly known as USB, has been relegated to the slow lane. While designers have developed USB keyboards, mice, and 56k modems, high-speed peripherals have overpowered the current USB 1.1 bus. This is about to change. The recently released USB 2.0 standard boosts speeds up to 40 times faster than the previous USB 1.1 standard. This extends the reach of USB to hard-disk drives, cable modems, home networking products, and other kinds of fast peripherals.