VIA Labs Announces Launch of USB4 Device Silicon

VL830 USB4 End­point Device fea­tures 40Gbps band­width with 8K Video and Super­Speed USB support 

Tai­pei, Tai­wan, 16th Sep­tem­ber 2021 – VIA Labs, Inc. (VLI), a lea­ding sup­pli­er of Super­Speed USB, USB Power Deli­very Con­trol­lers, and now USB4 con­trol­lers today unvei­led the VIA Labs VL830 USB4 End­point Device. USB4 is a major update to the USB archi­tec­tu­re, enab­ling mul­ti­ple simul­ta­neous data and dis­play pro­to­cols to share a sin­gle high-speed link with sup­port for a maxi­mum aggre­ga­te band­width of 40Gbps. VL830 offers both USB and Dis­play­Po­rt func­tion­a­li­ty and ope­ra­tes at full per­for­mance when used with Thun­der­bolt™ 4 or USB4 sys­tems, and is also back­ward com­pa­ti­ble with pre­vious-gene­ra­ti­on devices such as lap­tops, tablets, and pho­nes that sup­port Dis­play­Po­rt Alter­na­te Mode over USB Type‑C.

VIA Labs VL830 repres­ents a cul­mi­na­ti­on of our expe­ri­ence in deve­lo­ping USB Type‑C, USB Power Deli­very, and USB 3.2 pro­ducts, an indus­try lea­der in time to mar­ket, and con­tri­bu­ti­on and par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in stan­dards deve­lo­p­ment,” said Ter­rance Shih, Busi­ness Deve­lo­p­ment Direc­tor, VIA Labs, Inc. “USB4 is based on Thun­der­bolt™ tech­no­lo­gy and we are very exci­ted to deli­ver the­se capa­bi­li­ties at new pri­ce points.”

The VIA Labs VL830 USB4 End­point Device offers up to dou­ble the video band­width com­pared to Dis­play­Po­rt Alter­na­te Mode over USB Type‑C and can simul­ta­neous­ly sup­port up to a sin­gle 8K 60Hz high-dyna­mic-ran­ge dis­play and seve­ral USB 3.2 Gen2 devices, depen­ding on the host system’s capa­bi­li­ties. When pai­red with a Dis­play­Po­rt Mul­ti-Stream Trans­port hub, mul­ti­ple 4K or high-refresh-rate dis­plays can be sup­port­ed while still enjoy­ing fast Super­Speed USB data transfers.

VIA Labs VL830 Availability
The VIA Labs VL830 fea­tures an inte­gra­ted USB 3.2 Gen 2 hub with five down­stream ports and a Dis­play­Po­rt 1.4a out­put, and it can ful­ly uti­li­ze the full 40Gbps of band­width offe­red by USB4. VL830 comes in com­pact FCCSP 10x10mm package.

The VIA Labs VL830 is alre­a­dy see­ing ear­ly adop­ti­on in USB‑C docking sta­ti­on, mul­ti-func­tion adap­ter, and other pro­duct cate­go­ries. VIA Labs VL830 will be begin ship­ping to sel­ect part­ners in Q4, 2021.

For more infor­ma­ti­on about the VIA Labs VL830, plea­se visit:
https://www.via-labs.com/product_show.php?id=114

About VIA Labs, Inc.
VIA Labs, Inc. (VLI) is a lea­ding sup­pli­er of Super­Speed USB and USB Power Deli­very Con­trol­lers, based on the latest USB-IF Stan­dards. An owned sub­si­dia­ry VIA Tech­no­lo­gies, Inc., VLI lever­a­ges its exper­ti­se in ana­log cir­cuit design, high-speed seri­al inter­faces, and sys­tems inte­gra­ti­on to crea­te a rich pro­duct port­fo­lio that includes USB Host, Hub, and Device con­trol­lers in addi­ti­on to USB PD and char­ging con­trol­lers. VIA Labs, Inc. has demons­tra­ted tech­no­lo­gy and indus­try lea­der­ship through Stan­dards Deve­lo­p­ment and brin­ging new­ly deve­lo­ped USB Tech­no­lo­gies to mar­ket. www.via-labs.com

NOTE

USB Type‑C® and USB‑C® are regis­tered trade­marks of USB Imple­ment­ers Forum.
USB4™ is a trade­mark of USB Imple­ment­ers Forum and is only inten­ded for use with pro­ducts based on and com­pli­ant with the USB4™ specification.
Thun­der­bolt™ is a trade­mark of Intel Cor­po­ra­ti­on or its subsidiaries.