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USB 3.0 Host Chip Pricing-January 28, 2011 |
Digitimes reports that Taiwanese motherboard makers have not seen a reduction in USB 3.0 Host Chip pricing.
- “With a global market share of 95%, Renesas currently quotes US$2.20-2.50 for its USB 3.0 host ICs, much higher than US$1.70-1.80 quoted by ASMedia Technology, Etron Technology and VIA Labs of which their products were just adopted by Asustek Computer, ASRock, Elite Computer Systems and Gigabyte Technology for entry-level motherboards, the sources indicated.” Digitimes, January 26, 2011
So the price point as reported by Digitimes in April 2010 (and repeated by me) is on this trend: