Posts Tagged ‘USB 3.0’

Nexcopy SuperSpeed 3.0 USB Duplicator – Shipping Soon

Matt Laboff May 13, 2010 USB 3.0, USB Duplicator

2025 Update: Nexcopy Enhances USB 3.0 Duplicator with Higher Capacity Drives and Advanced Drive Manager Software

Nexcopy, a leader in USB duplication technology, has been shipping its USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Duplicator for over 15 years. The 16-port USB 3.0 Duplicator remains one of the most reliable solutions for high-speed USB flash drive and hard drive duplication. With peak transfer speeds of 65MB/s per device and up to 72MB/s with multiple drives connected, the duplicator can efficiently handle demanding data loads. For USB 3.0 hard drives, transfer rates reach a consistent 95MB/s, regardless of whether a single device or eight devices are connected.

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Duplicator

Since its initial release, Nexcopy has expanded its USB 3.0 flash drive lineup, now offering capacities up to 256GB with optional custom branding. These high-capacity drives are ideal for industries requiring large data sets, secure distribution, and reliable performance.

The USB 3.0 Duplicator is powered by Nexcopy’s proprietary Drive Manager software, which receives regular updates to enhance speed, improve user experience, and add new functionality. Drive Manager updates are always free and require no license fees. For professional applications, the PRO version of Drive Manager enables advanced features such as:

USB write protection (hardware-based read-only mode)
Configuring USB drives as USB CD-ROM devices
Partitioning flash drives at the controller level
Editing USB device serial numbers

USB 3.0 flash drive

Nexcopy continues to focus on providing enterprise-grade duplication solutions with ongoing software innovation and long-term product support.

Source: EverythingUSB.

ASUS USB 3.0 Netbook Out-n-About

Matt Laboff April 20, 2010 USB 3.0

We’ve been chomping at the bit waiting for a Netbook to have USB 3.0.Â Last month we heard several models coming out while at CeBIT, but still nothing from the manufacturer websites.

ASUS USB 3.0 Netbook

Today SlashGear reported a new ASUS 1018P Netbook with USB 3.0 out-n-about.Â You can see the bright blue connectors above.Â To give you an idea of what the ASUS 1018P can do, consider working on a Netbook with Intelâ€™s latest Pine Trail Atom N455 and N475 processors, with Bluetooth 3.0 and USB 3.0 connectivity along with the promise of 10hrs runtime. In addition [and this is good] the 1018P would come with integrated 3G, though thereâ€™s no word on whether that will be a standard-fit feature or an upgrade at time of order. The last bit of no-news I guess you could say is no word on price points and no word on availability.Â All I can say is Continue Reading

Our First Report On USB 3.0 Hub

Matt Laboff January 4, 2010 USB 3.0, USB Hub

We’ve seen the first step in USB 3.0 which is the USB host controller. This gives motherboards the opportunity for USB 3.0 devices to connect. Now we are starting to see other system support peripherals such as the USB 3.0 hub.

VIA announced their USB 3.0 four port hub this week just days before CES 2010. We fully expect others to make a similar announcement during the CES show, but VIA, thus far, has beat everyone to the punch.

The USB 3.0 hub supports 4 downstream ports and one upstream port. The board is powered via AC and VIA claims to have improved the power management in the USB 3.0 hubs to allow attached devices to enter into a lower power state when not being used. The chip itself is based on advanced 80nm CMOS technology which makes it a more power efficient USB hub controller.

VIA did indicate the USB 3.0 hub is not only backward compatible, but also supports the full 5Gb/s transfer rate USB 3.0 calls for. No word on price, but I’m forecasting a 50% increase in price over traditional USB hubs.

VIA press release.

Video: Learn More About USB Superspeed

Matt Laboff November 23, 2009 USB 3.0, YouTube Video

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 Might Hit The Breaks

Matt Laboff October 23, 2009 USB 3.0, Wireless

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.Â 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 breaks

What the general population might not understand is that USB is a fairly inconsistent bus for enumeration with peripherals.Â Sure, for the average user their USB devices work, but for an engineer or tech savvy user, they all pretty much agree – USB is problematic. Maybe this is just one reason why Intel is slowing it’s adoption of it…the other is probably the new development of Light Peak.Â Light Peak is a fiber optical cable which supports up to 10Gbps [now] and expandability to 100Gbps [future].Â Light Peak doesn’t use complicated protocols like Continue Reading

Intel’s Marketing Push For USB 3.0

Matt Laboff October 12, 2009 YouTube Video

Intel is making an interesting marketing move these days with positioning the “Father of USB” as one of Intel’s best performing “Rock Stars.” You have may have seen the Intel commercial I posted several weeks ago.Â You may have seen that same commercial on TV [as I did] and now we have Ajay Bhatt, the Father of USB, on the Conan O’Brian show. Clearly Intel is making a push for the general public to pick up on USB and it’s newer technology USB 3.0.

What is funny about the Conan O’Brian interview is that in my original USB video post with Ajay Bhatt as the main character, was exactly that, just a character.Â The real Ajay Bhatt is interviewed by Conan.Â It’s a funny little interview, check it out after the jump. Continue Reading

USB 3.0 Webcam With Streaming 1080p

Matt Laboff September 21, 2009 USB 3.0, Video

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].

USB Superspeed Logo Ready For Hand Outs

Matt Laboff September 1, 2009 USB 3.0

The USBIF [Implementers Forum] has announced the certification program to get your gear certified for a Highspeed logo.Â Granted, it’s not a simple process, but at least they’re putting together the documentation needed to make it happen.

USB 3.0 Highspeed logo

As Gizmodo says, ” what shall I do with all that extra time I will have that will no longer be spent waiting for file transfers” [they write about as well as I do] The new 3.0 speed will be 10x times faster at 10Gpbs!Â To learn a bit more about how our technology life will improve, here is the USBIFs sales pitch:

As 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 offeringÂ 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 activeÂ 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.

Video after the jump: Continue Reading

SuperSpeed USB Host Controller By NEC

Matt Laboff May 18, 2009 USB 3.0, USB SuperSpeed

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.Â You can expect hard drives, flash drives and solid state memory devices to use the NEC SuperSpeed chip.

NEC USB 3.0 host controller

EverythingUSB reports the small quantity price will be around $15 USD and include Windows drivers for quick integration.Â NEC forcastes sales to be several million per month by September and rapid adoption in 2010. Stay up to date with USB 3.0 SuperSpeed with GetUSB.info Continue Reading

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Connector

Matt Laboff November 19, 2008 USB 3.0

Now that SuperSpeed USB is out what does the physical connector look like?Â 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:

usb 3.0

Now we have a new image coming up from UberGizmo which might be a more developed connector of the SuperSpeed USB connector:

super speed usb

Once we get word on the official socket / jack we’ll report back. Continue Reading

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Version 1.0 Is Officially Available

Matt Laboff November 19, 2008 USB 3.0, USB News

On Monday the USB Implementers Forum released the official documents for SuperSpeed USB 3.0.Â We’ve been reporting on the SuperSpeed for about 6 months and it’s finally come to fruition.Â 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?Â Well, between now and the next year, manufacturers will be in a mad rush to get Continue Reading

Tektronix Brings SuperSpeed USB Test Tools to the Geeks

Matt Laboff October 15, 2008 Test Equipment, USB 3.0

Tektronix just announced test tools for the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed specification.Â 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