Fresco Logic, a semiconductor company that develops and markets USB 3.0 connectivity offerings, has unveiled FL1009 two-port USB 3.0 Host Controller with PCI Express Gen II interface that is based on the company’s GoXtream xHCL Accelerator Engine.
The company claims that USB-IF SuperSpeed USB Logo Certified GoXtream xHCI Host accelerator architecture allows each USB port to sustain full bandwidth of USB 3.0 throughput and provides headroom to support 1080p HD video-streaming apps and UASP-enabled storage devices.
According to Fresco Logic, the FL1009 supports xHCI Rev 1.0 specification, USB 3.0 Rev 1.0 specification and is backward compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. On the host-side interface, the FL1000 is compatible with all systems that implement PCI Express Gen II and Gen I specification.
The company said that FL1009 is driver compatible with previously announced FL1000 PCI Express to USB 3.0 Host Controller. Fresco Logic offers customers a reference design kit including a hardware evaluation board, reference design files, Microsoft WHQL certified xHCI host driver, manufacturing tools, and documentation to accelerate customers’ product deliveries.
Bob McVay, CTO of Fresco Logic, said: “Following successful mass production of our first host controller FL1000 this year, Fresco Logic demonstrated excellent execution again by rolling out a new two-port USB 3.0 host controller chip, FL1009, to meet customer requirements for different market segments.
“Customers will benefit greatly by targeting specific products for their application, and will achieve time-to market advantage with a solution that offers the best cost vs. performance ratio available.”
