USB 3 in 2008, 10 Times as Fast

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 19, 2007 @12:18AM from the i'll-believe-it-when-it's-on-my-laptop dept.

psychicsword writes "Intel and others plan to release a new version of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus technology in the first half of 2008, a revamp the chipmaker said will make data transfer rates more than 10 times as fast by adding fiber-optic links alongside the traditional copper wires." "The current USB 2.0 version has a top data-transfer rate of 480 megabits per second, so a tenfold increase would be 4.8 gigabits per second." This should make USB hard drives easier and faster to use."

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Re:The irony... by dorianh49 · 2007-09-19 04:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Isn't Ubuntu making an OS, named Dumbuntu, especially for refrigerators? I thought the upcoming beta has been code-named Crispy Cucumber. I think I'll wait for E.Coli-laced Eggplant, though. Hopefully, it will be supported past the expiration date of my milk.

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