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Bridges - West Bridge® Controllers

The West Bridge® family offers a revolutionary architectural enhancement for embedded applications. Peripheral controllers in the West Bridge family function as a companion chip to an embedded central processing unit (CPU) to free it from data-intensive operations. West Bridge controllers achieve superior data transfer performance by enabling simultaneous and independent data paths between USB port, mass storage devices and embedded processors.
 

West Bridge enables:

  • Configurable multimedia storage interface that supports latest mass storage standards
  • Versatile SDIO interface that expands connectivity options to Bluetooth, WiMAX, DTV tuner, GPS, and etc
  • Flexible processor interfaces, easing connections to a broad range of embedded processors



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The West Bridge family is based on Cypress's Simultaneous Link to Independent Multimedia (SLIM®) architecture that enables three different interfaces (Processor P-port, Storage S-port and USB U-port) to connect to one another. In addition to providing a path to interfaces not supported by the main processor, the SLIM architecture allows direct and independent data transfer from one interface to another, offloading the main CPU, and freeing up its resources for higher system performance.

The West Bridge controllers achieve superior data transfer performance by providing a direct path from high-speed USB 2.0 to storage devices such as Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC), Multi Media Card (MMC), Hard Disk Drive (HDD). The West Bridge controllers have a configurable multimedia storage interface and flexible processor interface, easing connections to a broad range of embedded processors and mass storage devices. These features allow West Bridge to connect to any embedded processor or DSP, bringing SD/SDIO/MMC/CE-ATA support to a host of applications including Data Loggers, Wireless Cards, Secure Dongles, Mini RAID controllers, Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs), Data Cards, POS terminals, Portable Media Players (PMPs) and more.
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