VIA is first to the post with certification for USB 3.0 NAND Flash controller

VIA Labs, one of the VIA companies under the big VIA umbrella, has just got one of it's product designs certified by the USB-IF, the USB Implementation Forum, as a USB 3.0 NAND flash controller - the first USB 3.0 controller to be certified for NAND flash.

"The comprehensive suite of tests conducted as part of the USB-IF Compliance and Certification Program ensures that certified devices are interoperable and backwards compatible with existing USB devices, while also offering the speed and power enhancements of the new USB 3.0 specification.

Moreover, the VIA Labs VL750 packs this SuperSpeed punch within a single chip controller, eliminating the need for a second bridge chip and enabling more compact, more power efficient and more cost effective Flash drives. "

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VIA's USB 3.0 controller gets super interface

Just when you thought USB 3.0 couldn't get any better than it already is, VIA and American Megatrends (the AMI BIOS guys), are bringing better power management, pre-boot support and network sharing options to the VIA VL800 USB 3.0 host controller.

"The eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) architecture provides a new industry standard for interfacing to USB devices, and delivers the extensibility necessary to meet today's needs for speed, power savings, and virtualization support. With greatly improved protocol efficiency, xHCI enables platforms to become more power efficient without sacrificing performance. xHCI and UEFI enable robust USB resource management and add support for native USB device sharing across virtual machines.

AMI's BIOS module provides essential support for the new architectures, and allows customers to begin utilizing USB 3.0 in the pre-boot environment."

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