Date: 01/06/2010

Symwave's new USB 3.0 storage controller chip consumes low power

Symwave has announced the immediate availability of SW6313, Symwave's second generation USB 3.0 storage controller. It is compatible with Symwave's first generation devices such as the SW6316.

This device uses Symwave's patented mixed-signal architecture and proprietary software thus bridging data from a USB 3.0 host to external hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid state drives (SSDs). The SW6313 System-on-Chip (SoC) is said to deliver the same performance as Symwave's first generation devices launched in 2009, while reducing overall power dissipation. It is fully compliant with USB 3.0 and SATA-II specifications, and supports the recently released UASP revision 1.0 specification. It also includes an AES hardware encryption engine capable of encrypting data at full line speed.

"The SW6313 underscores Symwave's continued USB 3.0 industry leadership and SoC
engineering expertise. By partnering with the USB-IF, our leading customers, host solution providers, and software companies, Symwave has continued to aggressively advance our products," said Yossi Cohen, President and CEO of Symwave. "With over two years of focus on USB 3.0 and six months of shipping field-proven solutions with the leading storage OEMs, we used our cumulative experience to deliver the absolute best system solution in terms of performance, power, system cost, and a software rich platform to our customers."

The SW6313 is designed to meet all the USB-IF certification and compliance program requirements for SuperSpeed USB devices. It is fully compatible with all Windows mass storage class drivers and also supports USB Attached SCSI (UAS) for maximum performance.

For more information visit: www.symwave.com.