USB 3.0 Coming Next Year, 10x Faster than 2.0
Intel is working with competitors to develop USB 3.0, a new standard that will be 10-times faster than USB 2.0. The initial USB 1.0 specification in 1996 had a maximum speed of about 1.5 megabytes-per-second, which means that a one gigabyte file transfer takes about 11 minutes. When 2.0 came around in 2000, that speed was upped by a huge margin to 60 megabytes-per-second, meaning that same file transfer could be completed in less than 20 seconds. USB 3.0 will deliver speeds of approximately 600 megabytes-per-second, so that same one gigabyte file will be transferred in less than two seconds.
USB 3.0 is still on paper at this point, with the details being finalized by all interested parties. Intel hopes to have the specification detailed by early 2008 and, if that goes according to plan, we might see blazing-fast USB 3.0 devices by the end of next year. It'll be the perfect companion for those 39-megapixel images from your new $37,000 Hasselblad camera.
From DailyTech
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Christopher Kidwell @ Sep 19th 2007 7:29PM
If this is true, then sign me up for USB 3.0! Those speeds are BLAZING fast, and if they can make hard drives that can keep up with that transfer rate...... external hard drives with applications and games on them just got a whole lot more attractive!