Jungo USBware Supports USB 3.0 or SuperSpeed USB

Jungo, a provider of connectivity software solutions, revealed that its USBware embedded software protocol stack can now support the USB 3.0 specification which is also called SuperSpeed USB.

According to company officials, USBware with USB 3.0 support will be demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 in Las Vegas. USB 3.0 has a 5Gbps data rate which is higher than 480Mbps available for USB 2.0. Also, it is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and has better power handling capabilities.

Jungo is expected to compare the two technologies at CES (News - Alert) and also demonstrate the high throughput of the new specification.

Also, USBware enables device manufactures to incorporate USB connectivity easily in their designs. It has already been ported with USB 3.0 support to dozens of different operating systems and real time environments and is compatible with any USB 3.0 hardware, added company sources.

Jungo (News - Alert) customers can benefit a lot from the flexibility as they can advance to the next level of USB performance, without changing their current environments. Jungo’s USBware is used by leading device manufacturers and OEMs as their connectivity solution in various industries.

Customers range from consumer electronics manufacturers and those in the automotive, medical equipment and military applications fields. Products using USBware include smartphones, digital cameras, media players, TVs, set top boxes and many other types of consumer devices.

Ophir Herbst, Jungo Connectivity Software general manager, said in a press release, “We expect to see a massive uptake of USB 3.0 for a variety of devices over the next few years.”

“We look forward to supporting both our existing customer base and new customers as they migrate to faster USB connectivity,” Herbst added.

Jungo Ltd. provides broadband home value-added service solutions. Its OpenRG (residential gateway software platform) and OpenSMB (small and medium business gateway software platform) enable broadband operators to deliver managed revenue-generating services to the digital home.

The company also provides many connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI (News - Alert) including the WinDriver. This is a driver development toolkit that helps developers to create custom device drivers that can run on several operating systems without modification.