USB 3.0 controllers bridge to PCI Express

The USB3380 and USB3382 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 peripheral controllers bridge to PCI Express 2.0, matching the high-performance 5-Gbit/s bus speeds. The USB3382 features two PCIe Gen2 x1 ports while the USB3380 has one port.

The devices come with USB Duet technology providing fast PC to PC interconnect for the tablet and mobile PC data synchronization and sharing and use a 10 x 10-mm QFN package with 88 or 136 pins. The 3382’s root complex and switch provides configurations for x1 or x2 upstream or downstream ports. ($7 to $8 ea/volume qty — samples available 2nd qtr.)

By Jim Harrison
PLX Technology , Sunnyvale , CA
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