Silicon Motion has introduced its first single-chip controller for portable USB SSDs. The SM3282 promises to enable makers of portable drives to offer up to 400 MB/s sequential read speeds in a cost-efficient manner previously unachievable by external SSDs. Silicon Motion’s SM3282 chip packs a USB 3.0 (aka USB 3.2 Gen 1) controller alongside an SSD controller featuring 2 NAND … [Read more...] about A USB Stick as an SSD? A New Silicon Motion SM3282 Single-Chip Controller for USB SSDs
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Silicon Power Unveils Mobile C10 USB Type-C Flash Drives
When the USB Type-C interface was introduced several years ago, it took quite some time for the industry to adopt it, which is why makers of USB flash drives have been offered products featuring both USB Type-A and USB Type-C connectors. As the new interface is becoming a de-facto standard for new smartphones as well as PCs, manufacturers of USB drives are starting to make … [Read more...] about Silicon Power Unveils Mobile C10 USB Type-C Flash Drives
Intel integrates silicon photonics engine with Ethernet switch
Intel has successfully demonstrated a new co-packaged switch optimised for hyperscale data centres. The solution brings together the best of Barefoot Networks' programmable Ethernet switch technology and Intel's silicon photonics technology. Specifically, the demonstration used a P4-programmable Barefoot Tofino 2 switch ASIC (12.8Tbps) co-packaged with Intel's 1.6Tbps silicon … [Read more...] about Intel integrates silicon photonics engine with Ethernet switch