VIA Labs announced two new USB 3.0 Host controllers, the four-port VIA VL805 and the two-port VIA VL806. The VIA VL805 and VIA VL806 allow a PCI Express-equipped platform to interface with multiple SuperSpeed USB peripherals devices simultaneously for blistering fast transfers rates up to 5Gbps while retaining full backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices.
The next generation single chip VIA VL805 and VIA VL806 Host controllers include enhancements for improved performance, and new features such as support for USB Battery Charging and "Charging Downstream Port" which enables both fast data sync and rapid charging with compatible devices. The VIA VL805 and VIA VL806 comply with the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification and Intel's eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) 1.0 specification and add native inbox driver support for Windows 8. VIA VL805 and VL806 host controllers are USB-IF certified and are currently shipping.
Key Features
- Compliant to Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Specification Revision 1.0
- Compliant to Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Specification
- Compliant to eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) Specification Revision 1.0
- Support Legacy USB Function
- In-house USB PHY employs advanced CMOS process to reduce power consumption
- Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification 2.0
- Support Battery Charging 1.2 Specification including DCP and CDP modes
- Support USB debug mode
- Software
- Driver Support for Windows 8,7, Vista, and XP
- USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP)
- Support various Linux kernels
