LucidPort Starts Shipping First USB 3.0 to SATA Bridge Chip

btarunr · Jul 27, 2009, 03:22 PM

LucidPort Technology commenced shipping of the industry's first USB 3.0 to SATA bridge chip, the LucidPort USB300. The chip connects a SATA II hard drive, or solid state drive to a USB Full-speed 1.1, Hi-speed 2.0, and Super-speed 3.0 port. It supports native command queuing (NCQ), AES 128/256-bit encryption, and transfer-rates as high as 210 MB/s when used with Windows Mass Storage driver. It offers even higher transfer-rates when used with the new USB-attached SCSI (UAS) driver. The most prominent applications of this chip includes external hard-drives, and external drive enclosures. Competitors such as PLX, Fujitsu, and Faraday Electronics, etc., are expected to release similar chips later this year.

Source: TechConnect Magazine

crazy pyro · Jul 27, 2009, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btarunr

USB Full-speed 1.1, Hi-speed 2.0, and Super-speed 3.0 port.

What the heck are they going to call USB 4.0 if they ever come up with it?

Meecrob · Jul 27, 2009, 04:33 PM

I think by that time USB and SATA will merge into some kinda unholy chimera thats got the flaws of both but lacks at least some of the strengths of each.

btarunr · Jul 27, 2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazy pyro

What the heck are they going to call USB 4.0 if they ever come up with it?

USB 10.0 will be called warp-speed.

crazy pyro · Jul 27, 2009, 05:07 PM

I'm guessing I'd need to bolt the USB device to the wall (none specific as I'm damned happy with what I have in terms of USB devices).

jamesrt2004 · Jul 27, 2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Meecrob

I think by that time USB and SATA will merge into some kinda unholy chimera thats got the flaws of both but lacks at least some of the strengths of each.

e-sata

i think it will come the new standard maybe?

Meecrob · Jul 27, 2009, 05:27 PM

Its what Im voting for, after reading about it, esata/sata can support the same kind of devices as USB, but at higher bandwidth, sounds win/win to me.

Easo · Jul 27, 2009, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btarunr

USB 10.0 will be called warp-speed.

Warp? You heretic!
Just joking...

erocker · Jul 27, 2009, 06:12 PM

Is this the same company that makes the "Lucid" chip for multiple graphics card scaling? When is that coming out?

john625 · Jul 27, 2009, 09:00 PM

I cant wait to try it out I, will it be an expensive luxury at first I wonder

Mussels · Jul 28, 2009, 03:44 AM

yay, USB 3.0 external cages - we kinda need em

hat · Jul 28, 2009, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazy pyro

What the heck are they going to call USB 4.0 if they ever come up with it?

ULTRA SPEED... and then... M-M-M-MONSTER SPEED... speed... speed... speed...

Mussels · Jul 28, 2009, 03:55 AM

MEGA SPEED. ULTRA SPEED. MONSTER SPEED. GODLIKE SPEED!

What, i'm sure these guys play unreal tournament still.

hat · Jul 28, 2009, 04:00 AM

My post was actually a UT99 reference... it goes double kill, multi kill, ultra kill, M-M-M-MONSTER KILL... kill... kill... later UT's added the somewhat tasteless "HOLY SHIT!!" after monster kill

Godlike was a title given if you got either 20 or 25 kills without dying, I forgot which

Wile E · Jul 28, 2009, 05:18 AM

You guys forgot Ultra-mega Chicken Speed.

Wile E · Jul 28, 2009, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by odameyer

Can't wait for this, my USB Hard drive only does 29mb/s

Just buy an eSATA cage.

Wile E · Jul 28, 2009, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by odameyer

It uses a proprietary case, so I can't do so. I might do that for my 160GB HDD.

What do you mean? What brand is it? It's still just a hard drive in a box. Take the hard drive out of it, throw the case in the junk bin, and put the hard drive in an eSATA case.

btarunr · Jul 28, 2009, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Is this the same company that makes the "Lucid" chip for multiple graphics card scaling? When is that coming out?

LocidLogix is a different company.

Nemesis881 · Jul 28, 2009, 06:33 AM

Just make all wires fiber optics for god sakes...

Papahyooie · Jul 28, 2009, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazy pyro

What the heck are they going to call USB 4.0 if they ever come up with it?

OMG nobody??? LUDACRIS SPEEEEEED!!!

Static~Charge · Jul 28, 2009, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btarunr

USB 10.0 will be called warp-speed.

And USB 11.0 will be called "Trans-warp Speed".

DanTheBanjoman · Jul 28, 2009, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papahyooie

OMG nobody??? LUDACRIS SPEEEEEED!!!

First that came to my mind

One of my fav movies.

Meecrob · Jul 28, 2009, 09:19 PM

what about "we going to plad"

Wile E · Jul 29, 2009, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papahyooie

OMG nobody??? LUDACRIS SPEEEEEED!!!

I can't believe I didn't think of it. I just watched it less than a week ago, too. I feel ashamed.

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