SuperSpeed USB Protocol Verification Probing at 5Gbps

USB 3.0 early adopters will begin testing the next-generation peripheral interconnect (known as SuperSpeed USB) later this year. Promising ten times the speed of USB 2.0 and backward compatibility with legacy USB devices, product verification teams testing these chipsets will face numerous hurdles along the way.
Mike Micheletti
LeCroy Protocol Solutions Group



SuperSpeed USB Protocol Verification
Probing at 5Gbps



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SB 3.0 early adopters will begin testing the next-generation peripheral
interconnect (known as SuperSpeed USB) later this year. Promising ten times
the speed of USB 2.0 and backward compatibility with legacy USB devices,
product verification teams testing these chipsets will face numerous hurdles along the
way. Early USB 3.0 developers cite the shortage of native SuperSpeed PHY chips as
well as sophisticated physical