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. USBFever released their 6 foot USB 3.0 cable for $10. The cable is USB A male to A male connector. The cable looks the same as a USB 2.0 cable, so what’s the difference in a USB 3.0 cable? Read on: USB 3.0 is also called USB SuperSpeed. When data is being transmitted under the SuperSpeed dual simplex signaling occurs, meaning…it’s possible two sets of data signals could be transmitted over the cable. This is required to keep the USB 3.0 specification backward compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.0. To accomplish the dual simplex signaling, the USB 3.0 cable needs more wires. So here’s the breakdown of USB 3.0 wires inside the cable:- There are two wires for power.
- Two wires for non-SuperSpeed data transmition
- Four wires for SuperSpeed data
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