Tuesday, September 18th 2007
USB 3.0 Proposed
Intel has announced the formation of the USB 3.0 promoters group, a consortium that aims to create a "super speed personal USB interconnect."
The first members of the promoter group (HP, Intel, Microsoft, NEC Corporation, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments) said that USB 3.0 will deliver more than ten times the data transfer bandwidth of USB 2.0, which tops out at 480 Mb/s. The new interface will be designed to be used in consumer electronics and mobile applications and able to deal with digital media file sizes that are likely to exceed 25 GB.
Intel stated that USB 3.0 will be based on current USB technology and ports and cabling will be backwards compatible; however version 3.0 will offer enhancements for better protocol efficiency and lower power consumption. The development group will also integrate an upgrade path to optical capabilities for USB. A completed USB 3.0 specification is expected to be released in the first half of 2008.
Source:
TG Daily
The first members of the promoter group (HP, Intel, Microsoft, NEC Corporation, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments) said that USB 3.0 will deliver more than ten times the data transfer bandwidth of USB 2.0, which tops out at 480 Mb/s. The new interface will be designed to be used in consumer electronics and mobile applications and able to deal with digital media file sizes that are likely to exceed 25 GB.
Intel stated that USB 3.0 will be based on current USB technology and ports and cabling will be backwards compatible; however version 3.0 will offer enhancements for better protocol efficiency and lower power consumption. The development group will also integrate an upgrade path to optical capabilities for USB. A completed USB 3.0 specification is expected to be released in the first half of 2008.
41 Comments on USB 3.0 Proposed
No offense at all, and I'm not firewire biased or anything.
I'm actually using eSata for an external hard drive on my current rig :)
I think FireWire is the better solution but as previously stated it lost out on the major adoption and has lost (at least for the next4 years if it does even try). I use firewire with my digital video devices but thats about it, USB is easier with other components.
USB has well designed connectors and cables. There has been a lot of thought put into it and I think it being so cheap has a lot to do with its quantity. I wish some of the mechanics of it were redesigned. I know I don't like USB storage devices as much as firewire ones (and of coarse eSATA is faster but cables/connectors are weak).
All three have good and bad points. I'm just happy to see advancement on what is actually being adopted.
USB filled the gap of cheap peripherals, grabbed market share, and bumped up speeds so that IT CAN be used for high data transfers (even though firewire remains faster, it is NOT an order of magnitude faster, e.g. 5-10x faster). Hence USB wins in 99% of consumer applications = de facto standard.
:toast:
Oh wait, it says you have an intel CPU
maybe next year