On Intel Developer Forum 2013 which is held in Beijing
is announced new USB standard that will be available in 2015. The new standard
brings that an updated USB 3.0 specification and is in the pipeline that will
offer speeds of up to 10 GB/s, or twice that currently offered by the existing
USB 3.0 standard. While the updated USB 3.0 specification will require new
chipsets, all ports and cables will be compatible with existing USB hardware.
With USB technology continuing to be the data and
power delivery path of choice across personal computing and consumer
electronics, we are always looking ahead to how to best improve user experience
and connectivity performance," said Brad Saunders, USB 3.0 Promoter Group
chair, at the announcement. "Doubling Super Speed USB performance will be
especially beneficial for emerging USB docking and storage applications. This new
performance bump will bring the performance of USB 3.0 close to that of
Thunderbolt, a hardware interface that Apple first brought to market on its
2011 MacBook Pro. This update will put pressure on Apple and Intel -- the
forces behind Thunderbolt -- to increase the throughput offered by their
standard.
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group is made up of
Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas Electronics, ST-Ericsson and Texas
Instruments, and the group unveiled the USB 3.0 specification back in November
of 2008. USB 3.0 has shown healthy adoption since its release, with some 720
certified devices now on the market. According to the USB Implementers Forum
the updated specification should be ready by mid-2013, and hardware based on
the new specification will be available within about a year.
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