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Intel Developers Demo USB 3.0 Throughput On Linux

Posted by timothy on from the future-sweetness dept.

Sarah Sharp writes "Intel's Open Source Technology Center is working on USB 3.0 support for Linux. USB 3.0 has wire speeds of 5Gbps and promises to be 10 times faster than USB 2.0. A recent video demo shows speeds that are 3.5 times faster than USB 2.0. The USB 3.0 drivers will be submitted to the mainline kernel when the eXtensible host controller interface (xHCI) specification reaches a 1.0 release."

14 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What's in a name... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look, we both know that there will be a "USB ludicrous speed". Marketing has no say in it.

  2. Re:What's in a name... by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is 2009 the year of the Flash?

    Indeed. On the desktop!!

  3. Re:cool, at least it is progress by thermian · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah yeah, i read the comments about gigabit ethernet being faster, thats not the point, usb 3 is still better than usb 2, enjoy the weekend...

    We're geeks, reading stuff like this *is* enjoying the weekend.....

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  4. Future Problems..... by IHC+Navistar · · Score: 2, Funny

    USB 1.1: Low-Speed and Full-Speed

    USB 2.0: High-Speed

    USB 3.0: Super-Speed

    USB 4.0: Mega-Speed

    USB 5.0: Ultra-Speed

    USB 6.0: ???-Speed

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    1. Re:Future Problems..... by Jeoh · · Score: 4, Funny

      USB 7.0 Monster-Speed USB 8.0 Ludicrous-Speed USB 9.0 HOLY SHIT

    2. Re:Future Problems..... by Briareos · · Score: 3, Funny

      USB 7.0: Profit-Speed!

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  5. Re:What's in a name... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've gone plaid.

  6. Re:What's in a name... by mog007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about ludicrous speed?

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  7. Re:What's in a name... by Gazzonyx · · Score: 4, Funny

    USB 2.0 gave us high-speed and full-speed. Some marketing department had to work really hard on the USB 3.0 specs, to come up with... super-speed.

    I'm holding out for WARP speed...

    I'm holding out for plaid speed...

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  8. Re:What's in a name... by averagegeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    PS: thanks to Intel for helping Linux stay on the leading edge. It looks like Linux may even support this before Windows, thanks to the Windows 7 schedule

    The real question is...will Tux get fat with all the new code?

  9. Re:latency badness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Only if you're using gold-plated power leads on your speakers.

  10. Re:latency badness by PiSkyHi · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...yes and 2 completely separate transfer cables, 1 for all the ones, the other for all the zeros.

    Gold plated, of course.

  11. What's in a name...Corporate GTA. by Ostracus · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Step 1. Print and execute the xHCI Contributor agreement. Note: The agreement must be executed by a corporate officer."

    Those corporate officers have all the fun, executing this, executing that.

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    Shai Schticks:"You don't make peace with friends, you make peace with enemies"
  12. Re:Who needs USB anymore ? by Save_Clippy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wake me up when we've got Power over WIRELESS Ethernet. Thanks.