USB 3.0 devices are coming soon
Sep 21, 2009 Technology
After much delay the first batch of devices and PC motherboards to support the much anticipated USB 3.0 specification are expected to be released very soon, and a handful of them (mostly hard drives) could hit the market before the end of this year. Theoretically, USB 3.0 devices will be able to transfer data at speeds approaching an astounding 4.8 Gigabits per second, which means that a 25 Gigabyte file could be transferred in a mere 70 seconds instead of the 14 minutes that would be required over a USB 2.0 connection.
In reality, it’s doubtful whether these new devices will actually be able to achieve that blistering speed, but even half of the proposed 4.8 Gigabits per second would represent a gigantic leap forward.
While hard drive manufacturers will be the most obvious beneficiaries of the USB 3.0 revolution, other peripherals such as next-generation high speed modems, routers and thumb drives will benefit from it as well. And to add a bit of icing to the cake, all of your existing USB 1.0 and USB 2.0 devices will still work just fine when connected to a USB 3.0 port. In my opinion, this is going to be the most significant hardware upgrade to come along in years.
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