What is USB 3.0?

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Thursday November 5, 2009

USB 3.0

is the next iteration of USB or Universal Serial Bus, connection first appeared around 1996.

What is USB 3.0?

Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explains

USB 3.0

, what it is, what it does and when we'll see it in devices hitting the market.

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Show Notes

- USB 1.0 had a data transfer speed of 1.5 Mbits/second.

- USB 2.0 has a data transfer rate of of 480 Mbits/second and came out in 2001.

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USB 3.0

has a data transfer rate of 5 Gbits/second and they should appear in the 3rd quarter of 2009.

- USB 3.0 will greatly increase the data transfer rate and the performance of devices using USB connections.

- USB devices are designed to be backward compatible.

- USB 3.0 hubs are compatible with USB 2.0 plugs.

- USB connections are very durable.

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