Leading graphics card specialist NVIDIA Corp. has this week revealed that its Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) protocol has been officially embraced by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), which should now lead to ESA’s widespread industry adoption.
NVIDIA expects ESA to experience widespread industry coverage following USB-IF adoption. Credit: NVIDIA.
For those not in the know, ESA was introduced by California-based NVIDIA in the latter part of 2007 and enables users to directly monitor and control the capabilities of certain PC elements including chassis, power supplies, and water and air cooling peripherals.
ESA exists as the very first standard communication protocol that allows PC components to relay information and data back to the source user in real-time, which include temperature, thermal, voltage, and air flow attributes critical to maintaining maximum PC performance efficiency and overclocking.
With the USB-IF’s adoption, it is now expected that widespread component manufacturers will begin embedding a variety of digital and analogue sensors into their devices to channel such information so that users can better analyse and optimise the performance of their systems.
As a result of the USB Implementers Forum’s adoption, NVIDIA has outlined that its ESA protocol will now be added into the upcoming revision of the USB human interface device (HID)-class definition.
Also, in related news, Dell has this week rolled out its latest gaming PC, the sleek XPS 630, which is the first Dell computer tower to be ESA-certified. By incorporating Dell’s innovative LightFX technology, which uses ESA to provide games developers with an easy way to synchronise on-screen action, the tower’s integrated ambient lighting system offers enhanced gameplay immersion.
Other ESA-certified PC components on offer through ESA’s founding partners include Cooling Master, CoolIT Systems, PC Power & Cooling, Silverstone, Tagan, and Thermaltake.
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