Next Gen USB 3.0 on its way
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has finalized specifications for the next-generation transfer technology. USB 3.0 will replace the USB 2.0 specification that was released in April 2000 and standardized by the USB-IF in late 2001.
SuperSpeed USB will offer a speed improvement of up to 10 times over USB 2.0, that offered up to 5 gigabytes per second.
The technology provides the capability for devices to draw additional power for quicker battery charging of portable devices. It will also be backwards-compatible with previous versions of USB.
Since late 2007 - apart from HP, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, ST-NXP Wireless and Texas Instruments that initially the USB 3.0 Promoter Group - more than 200 companies have stepped in.
The initial target markets for USB 3.0 will be PCs and devices that connect to the PC that require high-speed data transfers, including external hard disk drives and DVD players and recorders.
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