GDS Gaming Device Standards

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GDS Gaming Device Standards

• Event, Data, Location

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GDS Committee

• 2002 Accomplishments
• April Negotiations with Cypress Semiconductor
  concluded. USB development kits were made freely
  available to GSA member companies.
• July Software frameworks for the Cypress USB
  development kits were released.
• August Beta device drivers for Microsoft
  WindowsTM Operating Systems were released.
• September Several USB device prototypes were
  demonstrated.
• November Phase I and II deliverables defined.
• December The GDS committee was partitioned into
  device-focused workgroups.

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GDS Committee

• 2003 Accomplishments/Milestones
• Feb Relationship between USB-IF and GDS
  standards movement established.
• April Release of Phase I draft specification.
• May US regulatory presentation delivered at
  Biloxi conference.
• July Release of Phase I beta test tools and
  cross platform capable device driver/API.
• September Release of Phase I final
  specification, test tools and driver/API.
• September Demonstration of Phase I USB devices
  at G2E.
• November Release of Phase II draft
  specification.