USB connection ready to go to standard 3.0

Intel and some of the major players in the computer industry are promoting a new generation USB connection technology, promising to deliver speeds up to 10 times faster than today's popular USB 2.0.

The participatory technology of HP, NEC, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments targets fast synchronized data transmission applications in the mobile, consumer and computer market segments, especially when multi-data Digital media is becoming popular everywhere and the file sizes also increase rapidly, surpassing the 25 Gigabyte threshold.

Some conceptual designs (concept) for USB 3.0 connectivity.Photo: PC News.ro

USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 will be backward compatible with the easy plug and play capabilities of previous USB technologies. In addition, the USB 3.0 specification will be optimized in the direction of saving power and improving protocol efficiency. USB 3.0 ports and cables will also be designed to be compatible with older standards while also providing future optical devices.

" This is the next logical step for the most popular wired connection on today's computers, " said Jeff Ravencraft, an Intel technology strategist and USB Developer Forum President (USB-IF). ), stated. " The digital era requires a high-speed connection and stability, in order to convey a huge amount of digital content existing in everyday life ." Ravencraft claims that USB 3.0 will address these challenges while ensuring the simplicity that users are already familiar with and expected of any USB technology.

Intel has formed a promotion group called USB 3.0 Promoter Group in the hope that the USB-IF will act as a commercial organization that manages USB 3.0 specifications. The complete specification is expected to be released in the first half of 2008. USB 3.0 deployments will initially use specialized silicon models.

' With the widespread development of Hi-Speed ​​USB in consumer, consumer and mobile computing, we hope USB 3.0 will soon become the replacement for USB 2.0 ports in applications. "It requires higher bandwidth, " said Greg Hantak, Texas Instrumental vice president.