SoC attains fast data transfer speed of 6Gb/s
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Renesas Electronics has unveiled its new Superspeed USB 3.0 SATA3 bridge SoC, which it claims is the world's first to support the USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) that 'significantly' speeds up data throughput for large volumes of data.
The µPD720230 bridge SoC has been designed to address the need for extremely fast data transfer performance necessary with the increased scale of data handled in the storage device market. According to Renesas, the device utilises the company's host controller technology and UASP driver software to achieve 'industry leading' data transfer performance. USB 3.0 achieves data transfer speeds of more than 10 times that of USB 2.0 and supports the growing need for increased data recording media capacities.
The device supports SATA Revision 3.0, enabling 6Gb/s high speed data transfer and supports both the UASP and BOT protocols, achieving data transfer performance that exceeds 370MB/s in UASP mode. It is provided in a 48pin QFN package, incorporating a voltage regulator and also supports bus power modes which contribute to the miniaturisation of end products.
"Through AMD's collaboration with Renesas, we were first in industry to offer integrated UASP via our USB3-enabled chipsets supporting our A-Series APU platforms," said Godfrey Cheng, Director of the Client Technology Unit at AMD. "AMD customers will enjoy fully-validated support for Renesas µPD720230 USB 3.0 SATA3 SOC supporting UASP technology."
