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Intel Releases USB 3.0 Controller Interface Spec

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the lookit-all-them-wires dept.

hardsky submitted thrilling news about everyone's favorite interconnect cable by saying "USB 3.0 is set to deliver data-transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s, initially over tweaked connectors and wiring and, later, over optical links."

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  1. Sigh by Tyler+Eaves · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Still the same symmetrical plug design....stupid, stupid move. Would have been that hard to add a ridge on one side or something, so you don't have to stare at the end??

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    1. Re:Sigh by Intron · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What. You've never had plug rage? The last time was trying to get the power plug off a 10-year old hard drive. It seemed to have been superglued.

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  2. Re:Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Doesn't matter. It is a universal serial BUS.

    This means that traffic to and from many slower storage devices can share the path so any speed increase is still a good thing, right?