USB 3.0 SuperSpeed
With USB 3.0 SuperSpeed just around the corner, a whole new era in personalized USB drives is about to be unleashed. At Premium USB, we believe that USB 3.0 will soon become the new standard for USB devices by early 2010 to 2011. We are already seeing manufactures releasing USB 3.0 compatible hardware and software, so the future is not that far off.
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed flash drives and other USB 3.0 hardware offer much faster transfer speeds, cost less, are backwards compatible with USB 2.0, use less energy, and allow for bi-directional data transferring. With bi-directional data traveling, unlike USB 2.0 where you could only send or receive data at one time, USB 3.0 devices are able to send and receive data simultaneously.
This is extremely useful because as file sizes continue to grow, the time it takes to transfer those files also increases. For example, you can transfer a CD’s worth of MP3s in about a second. With USB 3.0’s speed advantage, nearly 10X as fast as USB 2.0, it will take less time to transfer large files and even less time to transfer smaller files.
Quite possibly the best feature to USB 3.0 SuperSpeed, besides being much faster than its predecessor, is the fact that it is backwards compatible. This backwards compatibility allows SuperSpeed to connect to the already hundreds of millions of USB devices on the market today. So don’t worry, you won’t need to throw out all those USB devices or upgrade hardware just because the USB has changed. However, in order to take advantage of USB 3.0’s speed, cost, and power efficiency, you will need either a USB 3.0 device or personal computer that is 3.0 compatible.
Below is a quick reference guide to the advantages of USB 3.0
· SuperSpeed USB has a 5 Gbps signaling rate offering 10x performance increase over Hi-Speed USB.
· SuperSpeed USB is a Sync-N-Go technology that minimizes user wait-time.
· SuperSpeed USB will provide Optimized Power Efficiency. No device polling and lower active and idle power requirements.
· SuperSpeed USB is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. Devices interoperate with USB 2.0 platforms. Hosts support USB 2.0 legacy devices.
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