A highly integrated single chip solution that allows users to connect SATA hard disk drive (HDD), solid state drive (SSD), and optical disc drive (ODD) devices to their PC via new USB 3.0 specification ports.

With data transfer rates of up to 5Gbps, USB 3.0 (also known as SuperSpeed USB) offers ten times the throughput available to USB 2.0 based devices, meaning large amounts of information stored on a SATA device can be effortlessly transferred to a PC in a fraction of the time it would usually take.

The VIA VL700 supports both SATA 3Gbps and 1.5Gbps data transfer rates and also Native Command Queuing (NCQ), which allows HDDs/SSDs to internally optimize the order in which received read and write commands are executed, thereby increasing performance. Additionally, data transfer to and from SATA-based DVD and Blu-ray Disc players is supported.

The VL700 USB 3.0-SATA Controller has been certified by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) ensuring its interoperability with other USB devices. View a list of compliant devices on the USB.org website here.

VIA VL700	VIA VL700 Demo Card

Key Features:

• In-house USB 3.0 PHY
  • Supports Bulk-Only-Transport (BOT) mass storage class
  • Supports UAS/UASP mass storage class
• Supports SATA 3Gbps and SATA 1.5Gbps
  • NCQ support
• 8051 processor core
• External ROM for firmware upgrades
• SPI EEPROM for customized VID/PID
• GPIOs for customization
• Built-in regulator