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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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West Bridge “A” Generation

Antioch™
The world’s first dedicated peripheral controller for multimedia handhelds, providing the ultra fast USB 2.0 data transfer performance.

Astoria™
USB 2.0 multimedia controller with broad support of mass storage standards (SD, SDIO, MMC, and CE-ATA).

Arroyo™
USB 2.0 peripheral controller optimized for entry-level mobile segments as well as SDIO expansion.

West Bridge “B” Generation

Bay
USB 2.0 peripheral controller with additional Hi-Speed On-The-Go (OTG) capability. It supports the latest mass storage standards (SD 3.0 with UHS-I, and eMMC 4.41).

Benicia
The world’s first USB 3.0 peripheral controller for mobile handhelds. Benicia offers unparalleled data transfer performance over USB 3.0 and supports the latest mass storage standards (SD 3.0 with UHS-I, and eMMC 4.41).

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