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Icron and Intersil Demo 20-Meter USB 3.0

For OEMs

Icron Technologies Corp., provider of video and USB extension solutions, and Intersil Corporation were demonstrating their jointly-developed 20-meter USB 3.0 extension cable designed for home connectivity, digital signage, medical imaging and industrial automation applications at CES 2011.

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Icron and Intersil jointly developed the 20-meter USB 3.0 high-performance extension cable that delivers 5Gbps of USB 3.0 throughput over 20 meters – well beyond the 3 meter cables currently available in the market today. Key to achieving such high performance levels is Intersil’s Q:Active analog signal processing IC running 5Gbps data rate while extending the reach of USB 3.0 superspeed signals. Additionally, the cable incorporates Icron’s LionsGate IC, featuring ExtremeUSB technology, which enables extending signals for all USB 1.1/2.0 devices over the entire 20-meter length of the cable.

The 20-meter USB 3.0 extension cable is compatible with USB 1.1, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices. Features of the 20-meter USB 3.0 extension cable include support for USB 3.0 at 5Gbps, USB 2.0 at 480Mbps and USB 1.1 at 12Mbps. It also powers remote devices with 5V/150mA power, supports USB hubs and is bus-powered from the host PC (no external power supply required).

"USB is the most successful computer peripheral interface in the world with over 10 billion devices shipped in the market to date," said Huibert Verhoeven, Vice President and General Manager, High-Speed Products Group at Intersil. "Icron and Intersil’s new 20-meter USB 3.0 cable development shows how consumers can have ultimate flexibility in deploying new USB 3.0 devices wherever they want without distance limitations."

"By combining two best of breed technologies, Intersil’s Q:Active technology and Icron’s ExtremeUSB®  technology, we were able to jointly develop an extended reach USB cable that not only is the industry’s first and supports new and legacy USB devices, but also serves the different markets and applications in the home and office," said Robert Haefling, CEO at Icron Technologies.

Applications of the 20-meter USB 3.0 extension cable include:

  • Remote video terminals with touch screens
  • Remote external hard drives
  • iPod/Smartphone synching stations
  • High-definition security cameras
  • Multi-room USB audio systems
  • Industrial and medical machine control

The 20-meter USB 3.0 extension cable is sampling to OEMs.

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