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FX3 Max. hardware throughput is 3.2Gbps?
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FX3 Max. hardware throughput is 3.2Gbps?

Owen Chang posted on 11 Jul 2012 4:17 AM PST
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We have implemented an UVC demo, and hardware throughput for a 16k transaction is 3.2Gbps,

Would it be the limitation of FX3? What’s the ideal USB3.0 pure date bandwidth? (“4Gbps” after 5Gbps 8b10b transfer?)

Re: FX3 Max. hardware throughput is 3.2Gbps?

RSKV posted on 11 Jul 2012 04:56 AM PST
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 I don't think it is a limitation of FX3. There will be some difference between the theoretical maximum speed (5Gbps) and the practical speed that you can achieve. So far, We have seen the maximum throughput of around 400MB/s. 

Even in the case of USB2.0 device controller, the maximum we have seen is around 40MBps, even though the theoretical max is 60MBps.

Re: FX3 Max. hardware throughput is 3.2Gbps?

Owen Chang posted on 11 Jul 2012 06:35 PM PST
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400MB/s = 3.2Gbps, so I assume this is the maximum throughput that can be achieved by FX3.

Just curious, is there anyone know how to calculate the maximum practical speed of USB3.0?

(ex. 5Gbps to 4Gbps due to 8b10b translation, 4Gbps to 3.5Gbps(?) due to Link Layer, protocol, packet overhead?)

The idea is to make sure the gap of maximum throughput between FX3 and theoretical/practical is acceptable.

thanks.

 



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