Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd (FMAL) has launched a USB 3.0 - SATA bridge ICs, built with Fujitsu’s leading-edge proprietary physical layer device (PHY). It supports SuperSpeed USB, the USB 3.0 specification, and enables data transfer rates of 5Gbps maximum between external storage devices – such as hard disk drives (HDDs) – and PCs. The MB86C30A is the first in the MB86C30 Series of USB 3.0-SATA bridge ICs. When embedded in PC peripheral devices, the device enables over 10-fold faster data transfer rates in comparison to the USB 2.0 specification. In addition to the bridge functionality, the new IC also features a high-speed data encryption/decryption engine, offering high security without impairing the high-speed performance of USB 3.0.
As this IC series enables 5Gbps high-speed data transfer between the PC and external HDDs, for the case of 3.5-HDDs, copying two hours worth of full high-vision video can be reduced from 12 minutes to approximately 3 minutes 30 seconds to 4 minutes in comparison to USB 2.0
The MB86C30A IC also contains an embedded AES encryption engine that makes it possible to store encrypted data on HDDs, thus protecting confidential information from threats when portable devices are lost or stolen or to prevent data leaks when storage devices are disposed of. In addition, compared to software encryption, this hardware encryption does not burden the CPU of the host PC while providing more secure protection of user’s data.
This series of ICs is being co-developed with Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, utilizing its high-speed serial interface technologies, and Fujitsu LSI Solution Ltd.
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