Tech | August 18, 2008 | 6 comments

Getting to know USB 3.0

source: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/everything_you_need_know_about_usb_30_plus_first_s...

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"No doubt you're familiar with the Universal Serial Bus -- we ranked it as our top PC innovation of all time. But what do you know about the next version of this ubiquitous interface? USB 2.0 (otherwise known as USB Hi-Speed) boosted the original 12Mbps data rate to 480Mmb/s over eight years ago, and now USB 3.0 (dubbed USB Superspeed) is set to multiply that bandwidth tenfold. "
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6 comments // Getting to know USB 3.0

  • geneonlbk
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      geneonlbk  

    • I give mechanical hard disks another three years before they are replaced with SSHDs that are also ten times faster than existing technology.

      I already have too much stuff on my 500 Gigabyte HD.

    • 3 years ago
  • Owwmykneecap
  • Tommyjolly
  • Tommyjolly
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      Tommyjolly  

    • I'm so in love with Firewire. Shame it isn't that popular.

      I don't think the current USB speeds are good. Even if it's theoretically possible to achieve good speeds, quite often it is just not true practically.

      It's okay for connecting computer peripherals or mp3 player, but as soon as you use an external harddisk you won't be happy with the USB speeds as it takes ages to copy or delete something.

    • 3 years ago
  • Owwmykneecap
  • EddieStarr
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      EddieStarr  
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    • USB 3.0 is set to deliver a data transfer rate of up to 4.8Gbps - ten times today's 480Mbps USB 2.0 data rate - and introduce optical interconnects to the bus. The goal, the companies behind the specification said, is to create a version of the bus that's able to deliver files of 25GB or more.

    • 3 years ago
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