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USB 3.0 Getting a Speed Boost To 10 Gbps

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

cylonlover writes "The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has used CES 2013 to announce an enhancement to the USB 3.0 (aka SuperSpeed USB) standard that will see the throughput performance of USB 3.0 double from 5 Gbps to 10 Gbps. The speed boost will come courtesy of enhanced USB connectors and cables that are fully backward compatible with existing USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices. The 10 Gbps SuperSpeed USB update (pdf) is up for industry review during the first quarter of 2013, with completion of the standard expected by the middle of the year."

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  1. Re:Standards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe call it USB SuperSpeed 3.1?

    It will never take off then. Everyone will wait for USB 3.11 For Workgroups.