A demo board showing I/O options for the new controller
VIA has made audio codecs and controllers for, ooh, I'd say about ten years - possibly more. Their current line of mainstream controllers are called VIA Vinyl. Their high-end stuff that hasn't been updated for a while but did end up on some fine sound cards as of about four years ago, is called Envy 24. Today they've announced the VIA Vinyl Envy VT1730 controller, that merges the two name types together. It's a new breed of chip and not just for VIA. According to the Press Release, it's the world's first USB 2.0 audio controller. It actually uses the USB 2.0 bandwidth of 480Mb/s. Not that this is the first opportunity for audio to end up on USB sound cards and other products. That's been happening for years and I've been trying to get my head around this. An audio controller that's put onto a USB sound card really probably works in the same way as this audio chip on a USB sound card. Wouldn't it? Please enlighten me if you have a better understanding of this.
VIA has made audio codecs and controllers for, ooh, I'd say about ten years - possibly more. Their current line of mainstream controllers are called VIA Vinyl. Their high-end stuff that hasn't been updated for a while but did end up on some fine sound cards as of about four years ago, is called Envy 24. Today they've announced the VIA Vinyl Envy VT1730 controller, that merges the two name types together. It's a new breed of chip and not just for VIA. According to the Press Release, it's the world's first USB 2.0 audio controller. It actually uses the USB 2.0 bandwidth of 480Mb/s. Not that this is the first opportunity for audio to end up on USB sound cards and other products. That's been happening for years and I've been trying to get my head around this. An audio controller that's put onto a USB sound card really probably works in the same way as this audio chip on a USB sound card. Wouldn't it? Please enlighten me if you have a better understanding of this.
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