Taiwan's USB 3.0 host controller maker wants to “robberies”

An earthquake and tsunami caused Japan to purchase NEC Electronics. Renesas had to suspend the production of several factories. It also allowed Taiwanese manufacturers to see the opportunity and took the opportunity to accelerate the USB-IF official certification of USB 3.0 host controllers. Get some orders.

Xiangshuo Technology, Chuangchuang Technology and Weifeng Electronics have developed their own USB 3.0 host controller solutions and have been adopted by some manufacturers one after another. However, none of them has been officially certified by the USB-IF Forum. Naturally, Inability to challenge Renesas (NEC)'s dominance.

According to industry sources, the USB 3.0 master controller solutions from Xiangshuo, Chuangchuang and Weifeng are all undergoing certification. Due to the temporary closure of the Renesas factory, there is a good chance of obtaining additional orders from some notebook and motherboard manufacturers.

However, Nobunaga Chai, a well-known analyst at Digitimes Research, took a different view. He believes that Renesas will shift its outsourcing strategy to meet the needs of all its customers, without giving competitors any opportunities. And even the American Fresco Logic Can not compete with Renesas, because the former through the USB-IF certification program can only provide a USB 3.0 interface, dual-port program is still uncertified, and notebook manufacturers are very brand-oriented, do not like the program without authentication or functional incomplete .

Nobunaga Chai also pointed out that all Renesas 28nm process chips have been outsourced. If these foundries have sufficient production capacity, it is not a problem for Renesas to expand its cooperation with USB 3.0 master chips.