el="nofollow" href=http://www.cypress.com/?id=3526 target=blank>EZ-USB FX3##IMAGE_1_R## is the industry’s only programmable, one-chip USB 3.0 peripheral controller. It is equipped with a highly configurable General Programmable Interface, which can be programmed in 8-, 16- and 32-bit configurations with data rates as high as 400 Megabytes per second. GPIF II enables FX3 to interface directly with nearly any processor, ASIC or FPGA.

“The top performance and flexibility of Cypress’s FX3 solution helped us to meet our design requirement for uncompromised HD video quality and develop the MonsterX U3.0R with relative ease,” said Seno Kanuru, president of SKNET Corporation. “With the MonsterX U3.0R, for the first time, we can deliver full-quality HD video to laptop computers, thus tapping into a new market segment.”

“The demand for high-definition video applications is a key market driver for USB 3.0, and our FX3 solution is ideally suited for this space,” said Mark Fu, Senior Director of Cypress’s SuperSpeed USB Business Unit. “SKNET’s MonsterX U3.0R breaks new ground in capturing HD-quality video from a wide range of sources and allowing consumers to watch anywhere they want to take their laptop. We are pleased to see FX3’s programmability and flexibility help accelerate our customers’ time to market, while also facilitating product miniaturization as a one-chip solution.”

About EZ-USB FX3

EZ-USB FX3 provides SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity in virtually any system. The on-chip ARM9 CPU core with 512KB RAM delivers 200 MIPS of computational power and is available for applications that require local data processing. Additionally, FX3 provides interfaces to connect to serial peripherals such as SPI, UART, I2C and I2S. In short, FX3 provides highly flexible and integrated features that enable developers to add USB 3.0 connectivity to nearly any system.

EZ-USB FX3 is in volume production now, available in a small 121-ball BGA with dimensions of 10 mm x 10 mm x 1.2 mm with a 0.8-mm pitch.