Intel Chipset to Finally Embed a USB 3.0 Controller

[HanzoHattori]

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Nothing in the PC platform really becomes an industry standard before Intel embraces it. Same is the case with USB 3.0, which, over an year after its entry into the industry, has seen limited market adoption and motherboard integration, driven mostly by 2-port PCI-E controllers. Internal presentation slides sourced by Heise show that the Panther Point chipset, which drives Intel's Ivy Bridge processors, embeds a 4-port XHCI compatible USB 3.0 SuperSpeed controller. The controller sits aside two EHCI USB 2.0 controllers, and shares 4 ports over a USB hub. So, out of the 14 USB ports from the chipset, 4 will be SuperSpeed capable.

Panther Point is the codename of Intel's 7-series platform controller hub (PCH) chipset, which could carry the common market model names P77 and H77. The chipsets will drive Intel's Ivy Bridge processors. Ivy Bridge is a die-shrunk Sandy Bridge, which will be fabricated using the 22 nm lithography. It will form the back bone of Intel's 3rd generation Core processors slated for release at CES 2012.

Source: Intel Chipset to Finally Embed a USB 3.0 Controller | techPowerUp

[devilsburger]

nice find brad..just read this one few minutes back..all i can say is clap clap clap from nvidia..

[HanzoHattori]

u mean intel bro? nice sad kung native na ang sata3 for P77/H77

[intes77]

curious lng bro ang mga devices nga nag connect sa USB 2.0 compatible sad sila sa USB 3.0?

[zhrike]

hay salamat nagbutang najud silag USB 3

[siopao1984]

finally.....

[P0w3rM0v3]

Finally.... Noticed theyre using 22nm for IvyBridge. Wow! i thought it was gonna be 28nm

[naborbong]

nindot ni dah....... ganahan nako naa na USB 3.0

[zhrike]

volt in na unta Sata 3, E-Sata 3, USB 3, PCI-E 3 para happy

[P0w3rM0v3]

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