SuperSpeed USB3 controller hubs are certified

The four-member USB553xB-5000 family of certified USB3 controller hubs is the first to integrate OTP flash configuration memory. The USB5532B, USB5533B, and USB5534B are two-, three-, and four-port USB3 hubs, while the USB5537B provides four USB3 and three USB2 lanes.

The USB 3.0 compliant ports operate at 5 Gbits/s, 480 Mbits/s, 12 Mbits/s and 1.5 Mbits/s, USB pins are 5 V tolerant, and they support battery charging. Configuration is via OTP ROM, SPI ROM, or SMBus. The devices have and 8051 CPU 8 Kbytes of RAM, 32 Kbytes of ROM. Three devices come in 9 x 9 mm QFN64 packages, and the USB5537B comes in a 10 x 10 QFN72. From $3.58 ea/10,000.