SMSC Introduces Industry's First Single-Chip USB Floppy Disk Controller.HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1999-- Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation (New York) SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (education) SMSC Stephenville Medical and Surgical Clinic ) announced today its introduction of the 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. 97CFDC CFDC Community Futures Development Corporation (Nelson, BC, Canada) CFDC Canadian Film Development Corporation CFDC Clean Fuels Development Coalition CFDC Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber CFDC Community Futures Development Centre , the industry's first single-chip USB Floppy Disk Controller A floppy disk controller (FDC) is a special-purpose chip and associated circuitry that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive (FDD). . The USB97CFDC leverages SMSC's experience as a supplier of USB and PC I/O ICs by integrating the USB endpoint control and floppy disk controller into a single chip to facilitate USB floppy disk drive floppy disk drive - disk drive designs. The USB97CFDC, with its 82077AA-compatible floppy disk controller, advanced digital data separator (DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S ), and 16 byte data FIFO (First In First Out) A storage method that retrieves the item stored for the longest time. Contrast with LIFO. See traffic engineering methods. FIFO - first-in first-out , enables the implementation of a high-performance USB floppy disk drive at very small incremental cost. "SMSC has merged its proven FDC expertise and its USB controller based on its patented MMU architecture into the USB97CFDC. This offers the floppy drive manufacturer a USB interface in the presently existing form factor with no performance penalty," stated Henry Wurzburg, SMSC's Director of Strategic Marketing and System Engineering for Connectivity Products. As a substitute for traditional modular or external floppy disk drive solutions, the USB97CFDC allows the disk drive designer to build a fast, hot-pluggable drive for all floppy disk formats (720 KByte, 1.2 Mbyte, or 1.44 Mbyte). The USB97CFDC complements today's ultra-slim notebook designs with its low-power 3.3V design with 5V tolerant I/O operation and the lowest possible system current draw (typically less than 100(mu)A) during SUSPEND mode operation. The USB97CFDC is 100% compliant with the USB 1.1 and USB Mass Storage Class Specifications published by the USB Implementers Forum The USB Implementers Forum, USB-IF, is a non-profit organisation to promote and support the Universal Serial Bus. Its main activities are the promotion and marketing of USB, Wireless USB, USB On-The-Go, and the maintenance of the specifications, as well as a compliance program. . Standard Microsystems provides a complete development environment for the USB97CFDC, consisting of an evaluation and software development board, reference design, and sample USB enumeration software. Licenses are available on a per-use basis for firmware for UFI- and 8070i-based command set drives and Windows 98 host drivers. These licenses are provided free of charge, in most cases, with the purchase of the USB97CFDC. Datasheets, evaluation boards, and qualification samples are available immediately. Production will be available in August. Packaged in a 100-pin thin quad flat pack (12mm x 12mm x 1mm), the USB97CFDC is priced at $7.05 in quantities of 10,000. About SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation is a worldwide supplier of metal-oxide-semiconductor/very large scale integrated (MOS/VLSI) circuits for the personal computer, peripherals and embedded systems marketplace. SMSC has a leading position in input/output (I/O) circuits for PCs, with over 100 million units shipped and, additionally, supplies circuits for PC connectivity and local area networks. Standard Microsystems is based in Hauppauge, New York Hauppauge (pronounced /hɔpɔg/) is a hamlet in the Town of Islip and the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York, United States. and maintains offices worldwide, including locations in North America, Asia, Europe and Japan. SMSC operates engineering design centers in San Jose, CA; Westborough, MA; Hauppauge, NY and Austin, TX. More information about the Company is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.smsc.com. |
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