SuperSpeed USB 3.0: What’s in Store?

May 06th, 2009 | Category: Tech Talk

Hook something up to your computer today, and chances are good that you’ll be using a USB port to do so.

Everything from keyboards to computer speakers can communicate with your PC via USB — and today, an estimated 10 billion devices are hooked up to PCs via USB.

So when the powers that be announce a new USB standard — to be dubbed SuperSpeed USB 3.0 — humans listen, and with good reason.

What will the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard

mean for you and the many USB peripherals you own? Read on for some answers.

Q: What’s better about SuperSpeed USB 3.0?

A: In a word, everything. Let’s start with speed. The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 specification promises to transfer documents 10 times faster than the current USB 2.0 standard. whether you want a bits and bytes comparison, USB comes in at 5 Gigabits per second (Gbps), while USB 2.0 has a top […]

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