Phoenix Technologies FirstBIOS enables USB 2.0 high-speed mass storage devices.Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:PTEC PTEC Pinellas Technical Education Centers (Clearwater, FL) PTEC Pharmacy Technician Educators Council PTEC Psychiatric Technician PTEC Plastics Technical Evaluation Center PTEC Page Table Edit Control ) recently announced that its FirstBIOS has been enhanced to boot 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. 2.0 devices without requiring the installation of operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS) drivers. VIA Technologies, Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). 2388), a leading innovator and developer of PC core logic chipsets, microprocessors, and multimedia, communications, optical media and networking chips, will license the technology. The enhanced FirstBIOS adds extensibility of USB peripherals directly through the BIOS, delivering faster connection, high-speed data transfers, fast OS loading, direct CD/DVD access, or disaster recovery for external USB devices such as disk drives and CD-ROMs. USB 2.0 extends the popular USB interface by increasing the data rate 40 times to 480Mbps, while retaining complete backwards compatibility backwards compatibility - backward compatibility with the previous USB 1.1 standard interface and USB compatible devices. "We are delighted to be working with Phoenix in enabling innovative features such as the high-speed USB 2.0 boot functionality using our USB 2.0 host controller from our new VIA VT8235 South Bridge," said Ted Lee, vice president of sales and marketing for VIA Technologies, Inc. "This unique technology not only increases the performance of USB 2.0 devices, but it also greatly enhances the user experience." "VIA is a leading supplier of motherboard Also called the "system board," it is the main printed circuit board in an electronic device, which contains sockets that accept additional boards. In a desktop computer, the motherboard contains the CPU, chipset, PCI bus slots, AGP slot, memory sockets and controller circuits for the solutions, chipsets, and CPUs for motherboard makers around the world," said Timothy D. Eades, senior vice president and general manager, Corporate Marketing and Products Division at Phoenix. "Our partnership with VIA and other chip vendors places Phoenix in a strategic position to service the global computing market." |
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