Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Nov 2008 19:18 UTC
Unveiled on Monday by the USB Implementers Forum, the USB 3.0 spec can theoretically support data-transfer speeds of up to 4.8Gbps - 10 times the speed provided by USB 2.0. The new standard, also known as SuperSpeed USB, is also expected to be more power-efficient than its predecessor. "SuperSpeed USB is the next advancement in ubiquitous technology," Jeff Ravencraft, the president of the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the industry group that promotes USB technology, said in a statement on Monday. "Today's consumers are using rich media and large digital files that need to be easily and quickly transferred from PCs to devices and vice versa. SuperSpeed USB meets the needs of everyone, from the tech-savvy executive to the average home user."
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2006-01-10
I was thinking that too, it isn't 400Mbps, it's 480Mbps.
Back when USB 2.0 was coming out, I had a discussion (really more like an argument telling a person how stupid he is) about USB 2.0 and Ultra SCSI 160.
I believe his exact words when I told him I was building a system with Ultra SCSI 160 drives, "you're jumping on the bandwagon a little late, USB 2.0 is going to crush SCSI." Yeah, and when did that happen?
He failed to understand that 480Mbps is not the same as 480MBps, and that 160MBps throughput of the Ultra160s would crush USB2.0