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Major USB latest development is USB OTG, Wireless USB and USB3.0. There has been much talk since the formation of the intel group anouncing USB 3.0. The USB 3.0 specification expected in 2008.
USB 3.0:
- Low Power
- 4.8 Gbps
- Copper or Optical cable
Check out the USB3.0 Hub with optical fiber inside, looks great in darkness.
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Super-fast USB 3.0 technology may begin to supersede USB 2.0 in 2008. Drawing on technology developed by HP, Microsoft, NEC, NXP, Texas Instruments, and Intel, a USB 3.0 Promoter Group hopes to deliver by mid-2008 a proposed spec for backwards-compatible USB ten times faster than today's 480Mbps technology.
Industry Leaders Develop Superspeed USB Interconnect. Popular USB Computer Connection Technology Expands performance with Proposed USB 3.0 Specification
USB 3.0 is aiming for 10 times the bandwidth of current USB2.0 solutions, or approximately 5Gbps. Since this requires fiber optic cabling, USB 3.0 will add a length of optical data cable to the mix, though USB 3.0 will retain full compatibility with USB 2.0.
A useful update to stay tuned to is the pcworld article. Intel stated that the USB 3.0 specification would be optimized for low power and improved protocol efficiency. The USB 3.0 ports and cabling will be designed with both copper and optical cable capabilities, meaning even higher speeds will be possible in the future.
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Using USB 3.0, You'll be able to shift a 25GB movie in just 70 seconds, compared with almost 14 minutes for USB 2.0 and 9.3 hours for the older USB 1.0.
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What about the OS drivers?
You are right, USB 3.0 can achieve a transfer rate of about 600 Mbps, ten time as fast as the USB 2.0. Microsoft has already announced that its new operating system, Windows 7, will not be provided with USB 3.0 drivers; they will be available later with a service pack. That could slow for a while USB 3.0, but in a couple of years (I hope before) it will become a reference standard.
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