USB Solutions Product Guide0 pages

Renesas’ energy-efficient USB devices
enable designers of today’s Smart
Society products to create powerefficient products that maximize
battery life and help to preserve our
world’s valuable energy resources.

Excellent Design Solutions for USB 3.0
and Legacy 2.0 Applications
USB 3.0 (SuperSpeedTM) achieves data transfer speeds that are up to
10 times faster than the previous version of the standard, enabling
rapid and efficient transfers of data to and from external storage and
multimedia devices.
USB is the most successful interface in the history of PCs with an installed base of
10+ billion units and growing at 3+ billion units per year. This success was brought
about by the ease-of-use, interoperability and quality of USB-IF-certified devices.
USB has always been an interface that makes adding peripherals to a PC as simple
as hooking up a telephone to a wall-jack. Renesas played a key role in establishing
the USB 3.0 ecosystem. For example, we have:

Offering a Complete Line of USB
Hardware/Software Solutions for
USB Applications
This Quick Guide provides an overview of the latest Renesas USB
Host controllers, Hub controllers
and USB-to-SATA bridge controllers,
as well as associated software and
support products such as USAP, hub
and xHCI software. Although products
for applying USB 3.0 technology are
emphasized, devices for USB 2.0
implementations are also covered.

> t Contributed to the USB 3.0 first draft and final specification
> t Collaborated in developing and building the compliance test environment
> t Provided the PCB for the USB-IF‘s Peripheral Development Kit (PDK)
> t Enabled the building of the USB 3.0 ecosystem by providing the world’s first IC implementation solutions!
> t Facilitated designs that achieve more of USB 3.0’s SuperSpeed™ potential by offering USAP, hub and xHCI software

Leading the Way Forward
Renesas has led the industry
by introducing the world’s first
USB 3.0 host controller in May
2009, and the company’s
lineup of USB 3.0 host
controllers has been broadly
adopted by customers
worldwide, with total shipments
already exceeding 60 million units.
Many devices selling in the
marketplace today have already
been tested with our
host controllers!

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www.renesas.eu

Jan. ’96: USB 1.0
Renesas releases
the world’s 1st OHCI Host
Apr. ’00: USB 2.0
Renesas releases
world’s 1st USB 2.0 Host

Renesas played
a key role in enabling
the USB 3.0 ecosystem
by introducing the
world’s first USB 3.0
host controller.

May ‘05: WUSB
Renesas releases
world’s 1st WHC/DWA
Jun. 2009: USB 3.0
Renesas releases
the world’s 1st
USB 3.0 Host controller

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