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USB Chips
Information about USB device and host controllers (including OTG), transceiver chips, and IP cores.
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Selecting a Chip
My USB Chips page has links to manufacturers of device, host, On-The-Go and embedded host, and transceiver chips and IP cores.
My article Chip Choices can help you decide.
Craig Peacock has descriptions of USB 1.1 Integrated Circuits and USB 2.0 Integrated Circuits.
USB-Based Microcontrollers. A list from Keil.
Chip Providers
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Agere Systems. See LSI Corporation.
AKM Semiconductor Inc. Audio chips.
Asix Electronics Corporation. USB to Ethernet controllers.
Atmel. 8051, AVR, ARM microcontrollers.
C-Media Electronics Inc. Audio.
Cygnal. See Silicon Laboratories.
Cypress Semiconductor. EZ-USB, M8, Scanlogic (SLxxx).
Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola)
FTDI (Future Technology Devices International Ltd.)
Intel. PC Chipsets with host controllers
LSI Corporation (merged with Agere Systems, formerly Lucent). Not recommended for new designs.
Lucent. See LSI Corporation.
Maxim Integrated Products/Dallas Semiconductor
Mentor Graphics. IP.
MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd.
Motorola. See Freescale Semconductor.
National Semiconductor. USBN9602/3/4 no longer available.
NetChip. See PLX Technology.
NXP Semiconductors (founded by Philips). Some products transferred to ST-Ericsson.
Oxford Semiconductor. See PLX Technology Inc.
Philips Semiconductors. See NXP Semiconductors and ST-Ericsson.
PLX Technology Inc. (formerly Netchip)
Silicon Laboratories (formerly Cygnal)
Sipex. See Exar Corporation.
SMSC (Standard Microsystems Corporation)
ST-NXP-Wireless. See ST-Ericsson.
Vinculum. See FTDI.