Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Sep 2007 13:12 UTC, submitted by Geoda
Intel and others plan to release a new version of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus technology in the first half of 2008, a revamp the chip maker said will make data transfer rates more than 10 times as fast by adding fiber-optic links alongside the traditional copper wires. Intel is working with fellow USB 3.0 Promoters Group members Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, NEC and NXP Semiconductors to release the USB 3.0 specification in the first half of 2008, said Pat Gelsinger, general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, in a speech here at the Intel Developer Forum.
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How many CD players actually had optical out?
About every stand-alone (and even many integrated devices) after, say, 1992? I've never had a CD player without optical out - except for the one I'm using in my HiFi set up now, because that one is from 1990 or 1991 (the reason I use it even though it's old is because it's such a sturdy and good piece of equipment - plays every disc I throw at it
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One of the advantages of optical data/audio connection is that there is no electrical connection between the two devices. This is why MIDI, for example, is opto-isolated. It sounds like this new USB connection is going to have electrical and optical connections running side by side however.
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I come from the early days of the MiniDisc, from way before NetMD (hook up your MD recorder to a PC) was introduced, and I can tell you, back then, a good selling point of certain MiniDisc recorders was that they included the optic cable to hook the MD up to the CD player.
Dunno where it stands now. I still use the same optic cable that came with one of my MD recorders ten years ago, and it still works flawlessly.