Via announced the availability of the USB 3.O-dedicated chips, VL810.
This is a controller able to manage a USB 3.0 hub with one input and 4 outputs, backward compatible to USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. The chips is reported to be a low power component and could be integrated directly on motherboards. A small sentences in the PR catch our attention:
Developed by wholly owned subsidiary company VIA Labs, the VIA VL810 expands a PC's USB capability by allowing more than one device to be connected to each host port.
While there is no further details, it could describe the "chaining" feature supported by Firewire and also responsible of its success: you can plug several devices one after the other, as a chain while using only one port from the boar
