USB

Steve WhalleyIntel Corporation – I/O Technology Initiative Manager

February 2010

Agenda:Agenda:

• Where it all began

• USB Today

• Q&A

Where it all began• Creating the USB specification

• Group of 7 formed in Q1’95• Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Nortel

• Spec 1.0 published in Jan’96• USB Implementers Forum

• First Developers Conference Sept’95 • Compliance Workshops started up

• First products• Chipsets, peripheral silicon, tools appear 1H’96• PCs and peripherals appear 2H’96• PC ramp complete and peripheral ramp in full

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Spec Development Process

• Promoter Group• Focused group of experts to lead spec

development• Members from key areas: silicon, peripherals, PC

• Contributors• Larger group of stakeholders providing spec

feedback

• Adopters• Access to IP on a royalty-free basis

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USB Today

Worldwide Shipment of USB-enabled DevicesWorldwide Shipment of USB-enabled Devices

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500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

4,500,000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Total w/ USB SuperSpeed

Total w/ USB High Speed

Total w/ USB Low or Full Speed

Source: In-Stat, 6/09

Units in Thousands

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• USB the most successful interface in the history of PC • Device charging over USB has become a major consumer feature • USB Installed base is 10+ billion units and growing at 3+ billion units a year • Adoption virtually 100% in PC and peripheral categories

USB 3.0 ContributorsUSB 3.0 Contributors

USB 3.0 - SuperSpeed USB USB 3.0 - SuperSpeed USB

• SuperSpeed USB Products Shipping• Up to 10x performance increase• Fast sync-n-go

• Minimizes user wait-time• Optimized power efficiency

• Uses 1/3 the power of USB 2.0• Backward compatible with USB 2.0

Your Questions

ResourcesResources

USB 3.0 Specification www.usb.org/developers/docs

USB 3.0 Compliance Testing (USBIF)http://www.usb.org/developers/ssusb/testing

Microsoft Driver Verifier Documentationhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/tools/DrvVerifier.mspx

Microsoft Driver Verifier in Windows 7http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/tools/Win7DriverVer.mspx

Microsoft Driver Distributionhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/maintain/drvupdate.mspx

Windows Device Testing Frameworkhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446421.aspx

WLK Hardware Requirementshttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.mspx

Intel’s xHCI Requirements/Specificationhttp://www.intel.com/technology/usb/spec.htm

Intel’s USB 3.0 PIPE Specification

http://www.intel.com/technology/usb/spec.htm

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