Agere Systems introduces USB 2.0 chip.Worldwide Computer Products News-17 January 2006-Agere Systems introduces USB 2.0 chip(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Semiconductor company Agere Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AGR) introduced on Monday (16 January) a Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB) 2.0 system-on-a-chip with an on-board microprocessor. According to the company, the chip, called the USS2828, integrates an ARM7TDMS microprocessor and processes 40m instructions per second (MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. ). The nearest competing chip based on the 8051 microprocessor reportedly processes data at 12 MIPS. In addition to the integrated microcontroller, the USS2828 features a USB 2.0 high-speed PHY and device controller; a direct memory access controller; a memory controller; a programmable interrupt controller; read-only memory; random access memory; general purpose input-output technology; and two timers, the company claims. The chip supports both high-speed USB 2.0 (480Mb/s) and full-speed (12Mb/s) data transfers. Pricing of the chip depends on volumes. No other pricing details were disclosed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@m2.com)) |
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