With the good old USB (2.0) port starting to show its limits, Intel has
decided on rounding-up a few companies and getting together a new standard that
would better serve the needs of future computer users. The recently-formed USB
3.0 Promoter Group includes Intel, HP, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, NEC and NXP
Semiconductors and it set on bringing a USB standard that would be more than 10
times faster than USB 2.0 (480Mb/s) and more energy efficient.
The USB 3.0 standard would be compatible with 2.0 ports and will become the
logical choice when transferring large files. The development of the USB 3.0
standard is in full swing and we should see the final specs in the first half of
2008. Finally.
