VIA Technologies Delivers First PCI to USB Controller Chip; New IC Provides Next Generation Interconnect Technology for Installed Base of Desktop PCs.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1996--VIA Technologies Inc., a key developer of PC logic components, today announced the first Peripheral Component Interface (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). ) to 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 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. ) controller device available now to help speed development of USB-compatible PC peripherals. VIA's VT83C572 PCI to USB Controller offers personal computer systems and peripheral design engineers an immediate solution to creating first generation USB-compatible products. It will be designed onto add-on cards or motherboards currently not offering USB features. "USB is key to the future of the PC market's growth," said Wen-Chi Chen, president. "This USB interface controller paves the way for simplified development by PC OEMs of USB-compliant products that will help drive that growth." The new USB controller provides all essential features including: -0-
-- USB 1.0 compatibility
-- Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) 1.1 compatibility
-- Legacy keyboard and PS 2 mouse support
-- Root hub and two down stream function ports
-- Integrated physical layer transceivers
-- Normal and low power operating modes
-- USB-aware (Windows-95(TM) and NT(TM) and USB legacy BIOS
support
-- USB peripheral interoperability
-- PCI 2.1 compliant with advanced PCI command support
-- Multi-level data FIFOs with full scatter and gather
capabilities-0- Price and Availability
VT83C572 evaluation boards are available now. The chip is produced in 0.5 micron, high speed, low power CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process technology and packaged in a 100-pin PQFP (Plastic Quad Flat Package) Refers to many varieties of QFP chip packages, which are molded in plastic. See QFP. . Sample device pricing is $10 with production quantities shipping in 60 days. Background Founded in 1987, VIA Technologies Inc. designs, engineers and manufacturers cost-effective, highly-integrated, high-functionality system logic chip sets and peripheral control logic ICs for single- and multi-processor desktop and portable PCs. -0- Note to Editors: VIA is spelled ALL CAPS For the song, see . In typography, all caps (short for all capitals or all capitalized; often written as ALL CAPS) refers to text or a font in which all letters are capital letters. All caps is usually used for emphasis. . All trade names and marks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: VIA Technologies Inc. Dick Renne, 510/683-3316 dick_renne@viatech.com or Marketing/PR Savvy Savvy® Gynecology A contraceptive vaginal gel that ↓ transmission of STDs–eg, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea. See Contraceptive. Ford Kanzler, 415/726-1055 fkanzler@aol.com |
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