ASMedia's USB 3.0 chip is expected to start mass shipments by the end of June 2010.Another player in the USB 3.0 market will be VIA, but their solution won't be ready for mass shipments until Q4 2010.
Asustek has already transfer all its USB 3.0 orders to ASMedia with Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) expected to transfer their orders at later times, the sources said.
With orders from Asustek, ASMedia is expected to ship 10 million USB 3.0 chip in 2010, accounting to half of the expected worldwide shipments.
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Posted on Friday, April 23 2010 @ 13:13 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck