Faraday Solution, Your Fastrack to USB 3.0!
Equipped with largest IP portfolio, experienced and robust ASIC design capabilities, and the partnership with leading players in industry, Faraday crew now is ready to serve you aiming at all USB 3.0 applications.
Faraday has in the lead launched USB 3.0 semiconductor solutions with seamless integration of controller and PHY/ transceiver, which can be attributed to Faraday's accumulated technology/ experiences at high-speed IO and the strategic partnership with Fresco Logic, one of the worldwide leading team for USB 3.0 controller, and the recommended vendor for compliance test. Faraday's USB 3.0 solution, with the maximum speed of 5.0Gbps, targets fast sync-and-go transfer applications conveying large files and requiring high-speed data transfer capabilities.
According to In-Stat report, April 2008, the expected compound annual growth rate for USB 3.0 from 2009-2012 is over 100%, reaching over 500 million devices in year 2012. SuperSpeed USB is poised to become the most pervasive high-speed connectivity technology over the coming years.
The market tank is attractive, but timing is especially critical in the fierce competition arena. To accelerate customers' time-to-market and time-to-profit, in addition to USB 3.0 solutions, Faraday also serves you with largest and self-developed IP portfolio to help lower the design and integration risk, such as FA CPU, PCIE, H.264 codec, etc, for your quick penetration into embedded markets, PC and peripheral, and communication/mobility segments.
Application
Besides the robust ASIC design capabilities, Faraday serves you with more self-developed IP portfolio and solutions to penetrate into various USB 3.0 applications.

Roadmap
Faraday has launched PHY/transceiver at 0.13μm process, and solutions at more advanced processes are under development, will be ready soon.
USB 3.0 PHY
for host and device |
0.13μm |
Readied in Q3, 2009 |
| 0.11μm |
Ready by Q3, 2010 |
| 90nm |
Ready by Q3, 2010 |
| 55nm |
Ready by Q2, 2011 |
USB 3.0 Controller
for device |
Ready by Q3,2010 |
|