World's First USB 3.0 Storage Solution is Here

Symwave has partnered with Seagate to demonstrate Symwave’s USB 3.0 storage controller device keeping the device in compliance with the SuperSpeed (USB 3.0) specification revision 1.0.

 

The USB 3.0 specification is expected to provide up to 10 times faster than current solutions. In November 2007, version 1.0 of the specification was completed and it is transitioned to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the managing body of USB specifications. This is expected to help hardware developers for implementation in future products.

 

Symwave states the demonstration will showcase streaming data to and from a commercially available external storage device. This demonstration is also expected to cross the limits of speed set by legacy USB technology.

 

“Symwave is honored to be working with Seagate in this show of the first USB 3.0 solution in a real world application of data backup, storage and media streaming,” said Yossi Cohen, president and CEO of Symwave. “Customer reaction to our new PHY device for USB 3.0 has been extremely positive and we will continue to focus on delivering leading-edge products.”

 

Symwave will take the help of Seagate’s award-winning FreeAgent family of external storage solutions to demonstrate the read-and-write transfer speeds of USB 3.0. The company opted for Seagate because of its reputation for maintaining a high-level of technological innovation.

 

Worldwide, USB 3.0 devices supporting SuperSpeed bus are expected to be available in commercial controllers in the second half of 2009. Consumer products are expected to become available in 2010. The SuperSpeed USB organization consists of over 200 companies including the leading brands in consumer electronics, mobile devices, storage, and PCs.

 

In November 2008, Symwave 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.