Symwave Achieves USB 3.0 Device Silicon Certification

Symwave, Inc., silicon supplier of system solutions for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 devices, announced that its SW6316 USB 3.0 to SATA storage controller has achieved the World’s first USB 3.0 peripheral silicon certification by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF).

The USB-IF initiated the USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) Compliance and Certification Program in September and is considered the gold standard for testing USB products. The certification of Symwave’s device means that Symwave’s OEM customers can feature the ‘SuperSpeed Certified’ logo on their products, giving consumers the ultimate confidence of interoperability, compliance, and performance as set forth by the USB-IF.

"Symwave has demonstrated several SuperSpeed USB 3.0 World’s firsts including a physical layer device (PHY), a single chip USB 3.0 to SATA storage controller, a dual-drive RAID storage controller delivering 400 MB/s, and now the World’s first USB 3.0 device certification. Compliance to industry standards is essential to the successful deployment and broad market adoption of any new technology, and the USB-IF demonstrated great leadership by launching a compliance program early," said Yossi Cohen, President and CEO of Symwave. "Working with the USB-IF team over many months at the forefront of the test procedures development was both challenging and rewarding. Our OEM customers’ products can now prominently display the ‘SuperSpeed Certified’ Logo which consumers have come to recognize as assurance that the product meets the highest standards."