Oxford Semiconductor Controller Adds High-Speed USB Peripheral Connectivity to Storage Hungry Portables.MILPITAS, Calif. -- Oxford Semiconductor Inc., a leading provider of high performance connectivity solutions for consumer, storage, multimedia, computing and industrial applications, today announced the introduction of a high-speed USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. peripheral controller designed to help maximize data transfer speeds of memory rich portable products including smart phones, media players, PDAs, and GPS systems. Compatible with USB specification revision 2.0, the OXU OXU Optical Transmission Unit 200 supports communication with PC and laptop host systems at the high-speed USB data rate. With a 16-bit SRAM-like memory mapped interface and a flexible I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output voltage range of 1.65V to 3.6V, the controller provides seamless interface to all the most popular embedded microprocessors and DSPs. 8Kbytes of on-chip SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory are included and a DMA slave channel helps lower system CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization and ensure high data throughput. Needing just a single 3.3V supply, the low power OXU200 is ideal for mobile applications requiring a combination of low power consumption and high performance. The controller features an ultra low power An ultra low power, or ULP device, is an electronic gadget that has milli- or micro-watt power consumption. Some examples of ultra-low power devices:
To reflect the board space constraints faced by portable system designers, Oxford is offering the OXU200 in a choice of space saving packages: a 12mm x 12mm 100-pin LQFP See QFP. and a 6mm x 6mm 64-ball BGA package. Both chip packages are RoHS compliant and support an operating temperature range of -40xC to 85xC. The OXU200 is supported with USB device drivers and the Oxford Semiconductor USBLink[TM] software suite. Low-level controller drivers for other native USB peripheral stacks are also available, such as those included with Windows[R] CE and Linux[R] 2.6.X. In 10K volumes, the OXU200 high-speed USB peripheral controller is priced at $3.45 in the LQFP package and $3.85 in the BGA package. Production begins in Q1'07. About Oxford Semiconductor: Oxford Semiconductor designs and markets high performance connectivity solutions for the storage, multimedia, communication, computing, and industrial markets. Founded in 1992, Oxford is a privately owned company headquartered in Milpitas, California. Oxford recently acquired TransDimension, a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. based in Irvine, Calif. TransDimension provides USB connectivity solutions and software for embedded applications. As the market leader in IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 (FireWire) and USB interface controllers for direct attached storage applications, Oxford Semiconductor has shipped more than 10 million devices, and today supplies all of the world's major external storage manufacturers. Oxford Semiconductor also has a strong reputation in high speed serial communication chips, and offers complete solutions for bridging between a wide range of standard computer interfaces. Through its FireWire audio controllers, Oxford Semiconductor has led the development of breakout boxes, external sound cards and multi-channel speaker systems, providing laptop users with quality sound for the very first time. More information about Oxford Semiconductor can be found at http://www.oxsemi.com. |
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