SiS Announces Integration of High-Performance USB 2.0 Host Controller in its SiS962 South Bridge
~ Blazing Host Controller Data Rate and Greatly Expanded Interconnect Bandwidth Handling with SiS MuTIOL® architecture for Multiple Devices on 6 USB 2.0 Ports ~
Mar. 11th 2002, Taipei, Taiwan- Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS), a leading core logic and graphic chips supplier, today announced that it has integrated a high-performance USB 2.0 host controller into its MuTIOL® Media IO south bridge product, the SiS962. Designed with SiS MuTIOL® technology, the SiS962, coupled with SiS's MuTIOL® north bridge, provide a complete solution for both desktop and laptop PC platforms by supporting up to six USB 2.0 high-speed ports.
"The unique USB 2.0 features in the SiS962 provide a high-performance host controller with a blazing 480Mb/s data rate and interconnect with SiS MuTIOL® channel layers at a bandwidth of 1.2GB/s, which is 10 times the amount of bandwidth provided by a PCI bus", commented Alex Wu, Director of Integrated Product Division of SiS.
The SiS962's USB 2.0 host controller, interconnecting with SiS MuTIOL® architecture at this expanded 1.2GB/s of bandwidth, is able to handle the simultaneous bandwidth requests of the multiple devices integrated in the SiS962. It has been designed to comply with Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) specification standards for the interface between the USB 2.0 host controller and its software driver.
About Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS)
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), founded in 1987, is a worldwide leader in the development of leading-edge core logic chipsets. Over the last 20 years, its products have been widely used in various applications such as Desktop PCs, notebook PCs, Embedded Systems, Wireless Communications, Servers, and Digital Entertainment Devices.
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