USB 3.1 PCIe Controller by Addonics
Starting at $30
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on July 2, 2015 at 2:49 pmAddonics Technologies, Inc. announced USB 3.1 PCIe controller, a solution for adding the high speed 10Gb/s USB 3.1 port to desktop computers or servers.
Designed to install into any PCI-Express 2X slot, the USB 3.1 controller can handle data rates up to 10Gb/s on the PCIe 2.0, doubling the speed of USB 3.1.
One of the key features is a maximum speed of 10 Gbits/sec, which is twice the speed of USB 3.0 and 20 times the speed of USB 2.0. It is capable of SuperSpeed (10Gb/s, 5Gb/s), HighSpeed (480Mb/s), FullSpeed (12Mb/s), and LowSpeed (1.5Mb/s) transactions.
This USB product is hot swappable, which means a drive can be removed and added without system shut down or restart. It accesses two USB 3.1 ports via the PCI-Express (PCIe) 2-lane slot and supports both PCIe 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0.
The USB 3.1 controller is compatible with Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and Windows servers. The MSRP starts at $29.99.