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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."

2 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. CPU usage by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Like any good slashdotter, I'm not reading the article until after I post. Is 3.0 still going to be heavy on the CPU? Really, the best thing they could do is take the good stuff from firewire and slap a USB logo on it. All the cheap stuff can continue to use 2.0, while the bandwidth intensive stuff in 3.0 can have their own controllers.

  2. Re:Future Problems..... by Daimanta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    USB 6.0: Ludicrous-Speed
    USB 7.0: Holy shit!

    Bleh, been playing too much UT

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