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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:What's in a name... by billcopc · · Score: -1, Troll

    That is a recent development, a failed attempt to "save" Firewire. It failed, of course.

    Back when the Firewire vs USB2 battle was aflame, back when these things mattered, the total licensing cost was indeed ~$10 USD for a pair of Firewire ports (for daisy-chaining). It scaled non-linearly after that, because some patents were per-system, and some per-port.

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    -Billco, Fnarg.com