The USB Implementers Forum, announced the USB 3.0 which has data-transfer speeds of up to 4.8Gbps — 10 times the speed provided by USB 2.0.
The new standard, also known as SuperSpeed USB, is also expected to be more power-efficient than its predecessor.
SuperSpeed USB is the next advancement in ubiquitous technology,Jeff Ravencraft, the president of the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). Today’s consumers are using rich media and large digital files that need to be easily and quickly transferred from PCs to devices and vice versa. SuperSpeed USB meets the needs of everyone, from the tech-savvy executive to the average home user.
The new technology will be featured in tech products and ion variety of of other appliances in later part of 2009. The specification was designed to be backwards-compatible with earlier iterations of USB.
Many companies like Microsoft, HP, Intel have comes forward this time to put up with this technology both in developing the architecture but also in terms of adoption and deployment.
Are there any other startups other than Symwave working on USB3.0?
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