Microchip introduces the industry's first commercial eSPI to LPC bridge

     As the industrial computing industry transitions from Low Pin Count (LPC) interface technology to Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) bus technology, updating existing equipment will incur significant development costs when applying the new standard. To help developers apply the eSPI standard while preserving their legacy LPC devices, Microchip Technology announced the industry's first commercial eSPI to LPC bridge, the ECE1200, which enables developers to use legacy LPC connectors and peripherals to internally apply the eSPI standard. Minimize development costs and risks.

     Because industrial computing equipment requires a lot of upfront investment, the life cycle of the product is critical. The ECE1200 eSPI to LPC bridge helps developers maintain a long product cycle and supports eSPI bus technology. eSPI bus technology is an essential technology for new computing devices with next-generation chipsets and cpus. To reduce development risk, Microchip has extensively validated eSPI bus technology for industrial computing applications, and the technology has been validated by major processor vendors.

     "Microchip has been at the forefront of eSPI product development since the eSPI standard was introduced in computing," said Ian Harris, Microchip's vice president of Computing Products. We are constantly innovating to help the industrial computing industry transform eSPI. "The ECE1200 will strengthen Microchip's leadership position in this market and enable customers to apply the eSPI standard without compromising existing LPC devices."

     To meet the demand for eSPI in today's industrial computing industry, the ECE1200 detects and supports Modern Standby mode with low standby current, helping industrial computing developers manage operating costs and efficiency while retaining the performance end users have come to expect from modern devices. In addition, the ECE1200 is easy to deploy and requires no software.