We knew the super-fast next-generation USB 3.0 standard would be coming along sometime in the future, but we hadn't guessed that it might be just a few weeks away.
According to the New York Times, the hardware needed to mass-produce USB 3.0 chipsets is ready and production will begin in earnest in as little as two months.
September, say sources
Citing sources in Japan, the NYT says NEC will be pumping out SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interfaces from September and that PCs with the new connector will be available before the end of the year.
That promises data transfers of up to 5Gbps, which will be more than enough to handle streaming high-definition video, and to sound a death knell for good old USB 2.0.
Via NYT
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pza
July 24th 2009
3. I think I might like the new connector; one obvious way of insertion.
It'll save me the cumbersome fiddling of insertion that 2.0 has me often doing in the dark.
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gandharva81
July 13th 2009
2. That's good. I think it should also be increased in speed but not it is reliable speed of about 5 GB. Sufficient.
But the USB 3 port is i think totally different from USB 2. And also shape..
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optimaximal
July 11th 2009
1. I thought USB 3 was going to use the same connector, only coloured blue?
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