[November 21, 2008] Symwave Demos USB 3.0 Physical Layer Device Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Symwave, a semiconductor supplier of high-performance analog/mixed-signal connectivity solutions for the PC, consumer and mobile devices, announced it demonstrated "the world's first physical layer device (PHY) designed specifically to comply with the USB 3.0 specification." According to the company, the live demonstration, at full 5Gbps speed, is 10 times faster than today's fastest USB devices, and was conducted at the same time as the first public release of the Revision 1.0 Specification at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California. Symwave said that SuperSpeed USB is backwards compatible with over 10 billion USB devices shipped to-date, but enables up to 10 times faster connections, while also improving power consumption. The USB 3.0 contributors group comprises over 200 companies including brands in consumer electronics, mobile devices, storage, and PCs. "With more than 2.6 Billion USB ports shipped in 2007 alone, the market opportunity for USB 3.0 should eclipse all other wired interconnect technologies combined," said Brian O'Rourke, senior analyst with In-Stat. "According to our April-2008 report titled Wired USB 2008: SuperSpeed is Coming, the expected compounded annual growth rate for USB 3.0 from 2009-2012 is over 100 percent, reaching over 500,000,000 devices in 2012. The public release of the Revision 1.0 specification today and the actual silicon availability from Symwave are two catalysts for the rapid market adoption we projected." "It is a strong endorsement of SuperSpeed USB and the contributors' group involvement to see such early SuperSpeed USB development taking place," said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president and chairman. "Symwave's participation in the USB ecosystem will support the broad adoption of SuperSpeed USB." "Symwave is delighted to achieve the world's first public demonstration of a USB 3.0 PHY device," said Yossi Cohen, President and CEO of Symwave. "This is an amazing achievement by our engineering team, and underscores our mixed-signal core competency. Symwave is focused on delivering state-of-the-art USB 3.0 semiconductor solutions that will enable consumers to enjoy up to 10 times speed improvement in every consumer, storage, and connectivity device." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]