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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."

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

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

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

    USB 7.0: Profit-Speed!

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  5. 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.