Video: Learn More About USB Superspeed
USB.org put out this semi-tech, self promoting video on the new USB 3.0 Superspeed. Take a look:SuperSpeed USB from USB IF on Vimeo.
USB 3.0 Flash Drive By Super Talent – The First
GetUSB has been waiting for this announcement for about 8 months now. Super Talent just announced the first [of what we know] USB 3.0 flash drive. Wow.
USB 3.0 Might Hit The Breaks
We’ve been talking about USB 3.0 for almost one year now and last week we hear the maker, Intel, is looking to put on the breaks. This isn’t the first time Intel has rallied the industry, gotten chip makers to support it, then corporate shut it down via lack of integration [Wireless USB].
USB 3.0 Webcam With Streaming 1080p
2010 will be a fun year of USB reporting and blogging with USB 3.0 just starting to break with new products. Today we have the first USB 3.0 WebCam from Point Grey. The webcam has the bandwidth and capability to push a full 1080p video stream without compression.
Since USB host controllers are not yet available, Point Grey has teamed with Fresco Logic to include a USB 3.0 PCI interface card.
EverythingUSB brings up a good point with these new USB 3.0 devices, they will actually become cheaper than their slower, 2.0 predecessors. The reason being: less logic and hardware is required inside the device to do processing such as compression and decompression, USB 3.0 now simply push the data through the pipe.
The Point Grey Webcamera is slatted to display at the IDF 2009 conference in San Fransicso in a couple weeks.
Point Grey USB webcam product page [here].
Continue ReadingUSB Superspeed Logo Ready For Hand Outs
The USBIF [Implementers Forum] has announced the certification program to get your gear certified for a Highspeed logo. Granted, it’s not a simple process, but at least they’re putting together the documentation needed to make it happen.
Video after the jump: Continue ReadingAs technology innovation marches forward, new kinds of devices, media formats, and large inexpensive storage are converging. They require significantly more bus bandwidth to maintain the interactive experience users have come to expect. In addition, user applications demand a higher performance connection between the PC and these increasingly sophisticated peripherals. USB 3.0 addresses this need by adding an even higher transfer rate to match these new usage and devices.
USB continues to be the answer to conncectivity for PC, Consumer Electronics, and Mobile architectures, It is a fast, bidirectional, low-cost, dynamically attachable interface that is consistent with the requirements of the PC platforms of today and tomorrow.
SuperSpeed USB brings significant performance enhancements to the ubiquitous USB standard, while remaining compatible with the billions of USB enabled devices currently deployed in the market. SuperSpeed USB will deliver 10x the data transfer rate of Hi-Speed USB, as well as improved power efficiency.
- 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.
SuperSpeed USB Host Controller By NEC
NEC has been the leader in USB host controllers over the past five years, and now they are gearing up for USB 3.0 with their uPD720200 USB 3.0 host controller chip. You can expect hard drives, flash drives and solid state memory devices to use the NEC SuperSpeed chip.
What Is USB 3.0 Cable Difference
The second half of this year will be exciting for GetUSB.info as USB 3.0 products and devices make it’s way into the retail space. Today we are going to start off with one of the first products, the USB 3.0 Cable.
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Connector
Now that SuperSpeed USB is out what does the physical connector look like? Well, GetUSB isn’t 100% sure but we’ve seen some images popping up on the internet. First, lets take a look at the USB connector we reported about in Januarary of 08:
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Version 1.0 Is Officially Available
On Monday the USB Implementers Forum released the official documents for SuperSpeed USB 3.0. We’ve been reporting on the SuperSpeed for about 6 months and it’s finally come to fruition. The logo to the right might be the USB-IF official logo as we pulled it directly off their press release material.
What we have today is the specification outline, meaning we don’t have products yet, but now developers and chip manfucaturers have an official outline of how to build USB host controllers, hubs and other logic devices to manage the super speed of USB 3.0.
The new specification claims transfer speeds of 4.8Gbps [Gigabits per second] rate which translates to a data transfer rate of approximately 600MB per second.
So what next? Well, between now and the next year, manufacturers will be in a mad rush to get
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Tektronix Brings SuperSpeed USB Test Tools to the Geeks
Tektronix just announced test tools for the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed specification. This means those uber geeks – and we don’t mean that in a derogatory way – will have the tools to prove their devices meet the new USB 3.0 specification.
It is estimated that initial SuperSpeed USB interface ICs and consumer products should appear in early 2010, with widespread adoption continuing throughout 2010. The first SuperSpeed USB products will likely include data-storage devices such as flash drives, external hard drives, digital music players, and digital cameras.
“SuperSpeed USB is a giant leap forward in data transfer rates for many devices and consequently requires much more sophisticated testing,” said Ian Valentine, general manager, Technology Solutions Group, Tektronix. “SuperSpeed USB will operate at 5 Gb/s, more than 10 times greater than the existing high-speed USB standard. This speed will require comprehensive signal testing for transmitters, interconnects, and receivers. Customers will be able to fully test the physical layers of their SuperSpeed USB devices using the latest test solution from Tektronix.”The Tektronix test solution for USB 3.0 includes: Continue Reading
SuperSpeed USB Spec Released by Intel
Intel released a draft specification for USB 3.0 or SuperSpeed USB. The Extensible Host Controller Interface or xHCI provides a standard method for USB 3.0 host controllers to communicate with the USB 34.0 software stacks.
Both AMD and Nvidia voiced complaints earlier in the year that Intel hasn’t released update information to make the new spec an open industry standard and an easy path for transition. Today’s release is Intel’s answer to that request.
Dell, Microsoft and NEC also support the release because the xHCI will expedite the industry transition to next-generation USB 3.0 technology.
One important factor in adopting SuperSpeed USB products is interoperability between multiple devices from different manufacturers. The xHCI draft specification revision 0.9 aims to make interoperability easier to implement, while also making it easier for developers to create software support for the market.The next revision update is expected at the end of 2008 with revision number xHCI 0.95. So no SuperSpeed USB yet, but the big boys are working their way to it. Source: CRN. Continue Reading
USB Washing Machine Wakes You But Doesn’t Do Laundry
Joe from USB Geek sent me an email about his new USB washing machine alarm clock, I thought we hit the mother-load. We didn’t. But lets stop and think for a minute, could we – one day - have a USB washing machine? It’s possible if the USB 3.0 spec really boosts the power over the bus to 12v. Until then, the USB washing machine can only be an alarm clock.