Fujitsu releases USB 3.0 - SATA Bridge IC for PC peripherals

Bengaluru: Fujitsu announced the new USB 3.0-SATA bridge ICs, built with Fujitsu's proprietary physical layer device (PHY). It supports SuperSpeed USB, the USB 3.0 specification, and enables data transfer rates of up to 5Gbps between external storage devices such as hard disk drives (HDDs) and PCs.

The new IC, MB86C30A, is the first in the MB86C30 series of USB 3.0-SATA bridge ICs, and when embedded in PC peripheral devices, 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.