If USB 2.0 is still a big part of your present day, start thinking about the future because USB 3.0 will become universal in a matter of… year or two. In case you don’t know, with USB 3.0 technology in a flash drive the speeds are much faster and you can transfer files up to 200MB per second, or even better if you optimize the system with a special USB Attached SCSI driver.

As you can imagine, all the portable drives can still work in USB 2.0 ports which work at 60MB per second. For now there is no information about the prices of the new Super Talent USB 3.0 flash drives, but the capacities include 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB, with a release date set for December 2009.

Tags: Accessories, flash drive, Portable Devices, super talent, USB 3.0

In case you are waiting for Intel to launch USB 3.0 chipsets then we have some really bad news for you. Although the new USB standard has been official for quite a while, Intel will apparently start delivering those USB 3.0 chipsets only in 2011.

Various manufacturers have already started making USB 3.0 gadgets which we won’t be able to enjoy in the near future. According to inside sources “tech and strategy groups [at Intel] are not always aligned with the product development teams that are in the mode of trying to make revenue and prioritize what to integrate.”

In other words there’s no point in buying USB 3.0 devices just yet since it will take two years until Intel starts offering USB 3.0 chipsets to the masses. What do you say folks, is this fair to us? Aren’t we entitled to USB 3.0 speeds?

via EETimes

Tags: 2011, chipset, delay, Intel, Mobile News, Portable Devices, USB 3.0

USB 3.0 has been in the making for some time now and yet we still haven’t seen an actual consumer-ready implementation of the technology.

Along comes ASUS and debuts their P6X58 Premium motherboard touting none other than USB 3.0. In addition to the updated USB port, you’ll be getting 3 USB 2.0 orts, Core i7 compatibility, 6 DDR3 RAM slots, 3 PCI-Express 2.0 slots, and everything else you’d normally see on a motherboard.

Unfortunately there are no release dates or price points announced but if previous reports stay true we will see this thing hit the market before the end of the year or early next.

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Tags: ASUS, Core i7, Desktop PCs, Hardware, motherboard, p6x56, premium, USB 3.0

I don’t know about you but I’m looking forward to the official release of USB 3.0. We could all use a little speed improvement when it comes to data transfer and USB 3.0 will definitely come in handy. Agilent Technologies say that test specifications for the new standard will be ratified by the end of June. The certifications are need in order for the final product to arrive to retailers so we’ll have to wait some more. If everything goes well we should see devices packing USB 3.0 by 2010.

via nikkei

Tags: Mobile News, USB 3.0

We’ve heard all the news and we’ve read all the facts about the future of USB. USB 3.0 is what we want in our future computers. And we’d like it to arrive as soon as possible. Are we going to find out more about the new technology at CES 2009?

It looks like the USB-IF or the USB Implementers Forum will have at least two standards at the next CES. USB 3.0 will be definitely shown around, and we were expecting that, but there’s also a new product we’re curios to see. USB TechZone will be displaying their latest wireless USB. Is it any good? Could it be actually used? We’ll know more this January.

via Engadget

Tags: 2009, ces, Mobile News, USB 3.0, Wireless USB

Here’s a new approach to USB flash drives. The e-Flash from Kanguru does more than USB 2.0. It also goes eSATA on the other side. That means you will get a significant speed increase if you have eSATA support. The drives come in 16 and 32GB version for $85 or $120. A 64GB version will arrive in January 2009. In case you were looking for a new flash drive, I say this should be the way to go while waiting for USB 3.0 to be made available.

via marketwatch

Tags: eSATA, Kaguru, Portable Devices, usb, USB 3.0

The USB 3.0 might be closer than it appears. The USB Promoter Group finalized the “SuperSpeed” USB 3.0 specification today and we are to expect more details to emerge soon.

Flash drives and hard drives are expected to be the first devices to take advantage of the new technology but we’re at least 8 months away from an USB 3.0 product release. The second half of 2009 or even later will bring us the new USB 3.0 ready drives.

How fast is USB 3.0 you ask? Well imagine a 25GB HD movie. With USB 1.0 you would copy it in 9.3 hours. With current USB 2.0 you would do it in 13.9 minutes while with USB 3.0 the job is reduced to 70 seconds. We’re looking forward to a hands-on experience, whenever that will happen! Let’s see what Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Texas Instruments are going to do with the whole USB 3.0 thing!

Tags: desktop, Desktop PCs, Intel, laptop, Laptops, microsoft, microsoft, NEC, Texas Instruments, USB 3.0

USB 3.0 is something we’ve been waiting for quite a while now. And it looks like we’re going to get the official specs later this month. USB-IF president Jeff Ravencraft said, at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, that the “final specifications to be made public on November 17″. Anxious to get them? Willing to change your current computer? We’ll find out more about the USB 3.0 at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in San Jose in 10 days or so.

Tags: desktop, Desktop PCs, Laptops, Laptops, Portable Devices, USB 3.0

We’re waiting anxiously for the USB 3.0 to be included in most motherboards and other gadgets. We know Intel has been studying the matter hard enough to give us a viable solution. AMD and NVIDIA have been also waiting impatiently for such technology to be shared or else. (more…)

Tags: AMD, Desktop PCs, Intel, Laptops, motherboard, nvidia, USB 3.0

Are we going to have USB 3.0 ports available inside the upcoming laptops? We’ve been waiting for them for quite a while.

Intel has draft 0.9 ready of the USB 3.0 specification for manufacturers like AMD and NVIDIA. That means that all future motherboards will have offer the same technology so there won’t by any incompatibilities for any of the users.

The move follows AMD and NVIDIA’s threat to develop their version of USB 3.0 if Intel fails to disclose their work on it. Intel excuse was that they simply were not ready yet and they didn’t want to release any unfinished work.

Well than, Intel, AMD or NVIDIA, when am I going to get my USB 3.0 already?

Tags: AMD, Desktop PCs, Intel, Laptops, Mobile News, motherboard, nvidia, USB 3.0