TechnicalThe USB Implementers Forum will acquire all of PCMCIA's assets, including the ExpressCard standard01/24/2010The PCMCIA is shutting down, and selling its assets to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). These include the ExpressCard standard and also include the associated compliance programs and copyright of PCMCIA’s logo and trademark’s authority. USB 3.0 coming soon09/21/2009Engadget reports that the first USB-3 device (a NEC host controller) is now available. Hopefully this means that consumer devices are coming soon. One of the first products we can expect is an ExpressCard-to-USB 3 adapter. Fresco Logic showcases World’s First Working PCI Express to SuperSpeed USB xHCI Host Single-Chip Solution05/20/2009Fresco
Logic unveils the world’s first working
PCI Express (PCIe) to SuperSpeed USB (aka USB 3.0) Extensible Host
Controller Interface (xHCI) single chip solution with a fully integrated
PCIe and a USB 3.0 physical layer device (PHY). The host controller chip
conforms to the SuperSpeed USB xHCI specification rev 0.95.
ExpressCard 2.0 Format Almost Complete11/18/2008Back in March 2008, the PCMCIA organization announced that it's working on a new version to the Expresscard Standard - ExpressCard 2.0. Now they say that the new Format is almost complete. ExpressCard 2 will achieve between two to 10 times the speeds of the older standard. It will be compatiable with older devices. PCMCIA hope that the final version of the standard will be ready early in 2009, and products (and 'slots') are expected in 2010. National Instruments Introduce New, High-Performance VXI Embedded Controller for ExpressCards11/17/2008National Instruments today introduced the NI VXIpc-882, a two-slot VXI embedded controller featuring the Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7400. As the industry's highest-performing VXI embedded controller, the VXIpc-882 delivers much faster processing capabilities than typical single-core controllers. Additionally, by combining the controller with the multicore support of NI LabVIEW 8.6 graphical programming software, engineers can create superior-performance VXI systems.
ExpressCard 2.0 is on the way03/07/2008The PCMCIA organization announced that it is working on an 'upgrade' to the ExpressCard standard. ExpressCard 2 will include:
Comsys Expands ComMAX Reference Design Platform to Include ExpressCard/34 Form Factor02/13/2008Comsys Communication and Signal Processing, a leader in wireless baseband solutions, today announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it has extended its converged cellular/WiMAX reference design platforms offering to include the ExpressCard/34 PC card format. The platform offers ODMs a rapid route to implementing converged cellular/mobile WiMAX functionality for the new generation of laptop PC equipped with an ExpressCard slot.
European Test House Testronic Laboratories Approved as First European ExpressCard(R) Test House01/16/2008PCMCIA today announced that leading European test house Testronic Laboratories, via its PMTC facility in Hasselt, Belgium, has been approved to offer compliance testing for the ExpressCard Standard in Europe.
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