Buffalo Technology first to ship USB 3.0 hard drives
Jan 21, 2010 Technology
Last September I wrote a post announcing the impending arrival of devices using the new USB 3.0 communication interface standard, and now they are finally starting to hit the market. First out of the gate is Buffalo Technology, which has just announced the release of a brand new line of USB 3.0 hard drives.
Buffalo’s initial USB 3.0 offerings include drives with capacities of 1 TB, 1.5TB and 2TB. These drives are backward compatible with USB 2.0 which means you can buy and use the drives now and upgrade to a PC supporting USB 3.0 later. But to streamline the switch to the new protocol ( and sell more 3.0 drives quickly), Buffalo is also releasing a 2-port USB 3.0 PCI card for upgrading older PC’s to the new standard.
Other companies also have USB 3.0 products in the pipeline, so look for plenty of the faster devices to hit store shelves in the near future.
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