USB 3.0: Via Labs VL750 Super-Speed USB to NAND Flash Controller unveiled

Sep 16 2010, 6:10am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VIA Labs today announced its latest USB 3.0 product, the VIA Labs VL750 Super-Speed USB to NAND flash controller, a single-chip solution for the next generation of USB flash drives. According to Via Labs the VIA Labs VL750 is the first of its kind in the world, featuring a 4-channel memory controller with interleaving support to offer consumers blisteringly fast data transfer speeds of 100MB/s or more, depending on configuration.

The VIA Labs VL750 features USB mass storage class 'Bulk-Only Transport' for universal compatibility across platforms such as Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux, and adds USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) support for additional performance. The VIA Labs VL750 is fully compliant with the USB 3.0 specification, and is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1 standards, offering class-leading performance in USB 2.0 mode with transfer speeds of up to 35 MB/s.

In addition to high performance, the VIA Labs VL750 is also designed for ease of implementation and support. Powered by multiple, advanced in-house PHYs, VL750 offers outstanding signal integrity characteristics and supports popular 2X-3X nm flash memories while consuming minimal power.

Via the Via Labs site.

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