Date: 20/09/2010

Fujitsu adds new member to its USB 3.0-SATA bridge IC family

Fujitsu has announced another member of its USB 3.0-SATA bridge IC family, the MB86E50. This IC has passed USB-IF compliance testing and is now certified as compliant with the SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) standard by the USB Implementers Forum. The certification of the MB86E50 brings Fujitsu to three certified USB 3.0-SATA bridge ICs along with along with the MB86C30 and MB86C31.

The MB86E50 supports RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring) as well as JBOD (“just a bunch of disks”) and dual LUN configurations. The MB86E50 is suggested for RAID storage applications that use external hard disk or solid state drives.

"SuperSpeed USB is an incredible advancement of the USB technology that consumers know and love, and we’re excited to witness broad industry support for SuperSpeed USB technology," stated Jeff Ravencraft, president and chairman, USB-IF. "The growing number of certified SuperSpeed USB products and devices in the market is a clear indication of intense interest in, and momentum behind SuperSpeed USB."

"The MB86E50 is the third of our USB 3.0-SATA bridge ICs to be awarded compliance certification by the USB Implementers Forum,” said Yoshi Masuda, senior manager of marketing, Fujitsu Semiconductor America. "We continue to win designs for external drives and mass storage systems globally with these new products, as customers value the performance benefits provided by the USB 3.0 specification."

Package: 68-pin QFN (0.4mm pitch, 8mm x 8mm)