Hands-on Look At USB 3.0, Spec Details Revealed 251
notdagreatbrain writes "Maximum PC dug up some new information about USB 3.0, got their hands on the new connectors, and even took a look inside the new cables. They learned several new details about the next-gen version of the ubiquitous interface. USB Superspeed will be backward compatible with USB 2.0. The maximum speed of the new spec is 4.8Gbps, which is ten times faster than hi-speed. Five new wires are bundled in the cable, four of them used for data transfer (bi-directional transfer is now supported). More power will also be funneled through the line, so you can charge more devices, faster. The wireless USB is also getting upgraded to version 1.1, and will include ultra-wide band frequency support and Near Field Communication for near-instant swipe-based syncing."
I'm just going to wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:4, Funny)
After USB full speed and USB high speed, we now have USB superspeed. What comes next? Hyperspeed? FTL-speed?
Ridiculous speed.
USB "Superspeed" (Score:3, Funny)
USB Superduperspeed
USB Ubersuperduper
USB Ubersuperdupercalifragalisticexpialdocious
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:4, Funny)
Unnecessary speed!
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:1, Funny)
USB HOLY SHIT!
Re:I'm just going to wait... (Score:3, Funny)
After that comes "holy shit". I'd love to see that one personally.
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:3, Funny)
ob Ren Stimpy...
"prepare to surge to sub-light speed!.... en.... gage!!!!!!!!!!!"
space............ madnesssssssss.......
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:5, Funny)
No no, Ridiculous speed is too slow. We're going... Ludicrous speed!
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wireless USB? Huh? (Score:5, Funny)
It's for when you want to get something off your pen drive and don't want to bother plugging it in!
Or when someone standing beside you wants to get something off your pen drive without bothering to plug it in!
Full speed (Score:4, Funny)
In other news, USB full speed [photoxels.com] will still be 12Mbps.
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:5, Funny)
What? Nobody has said
WARP speed.
This is slashdot, this speed should be a given.
Re:It stands for (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks! Do you happen to have an explanation for that IBM thing that's confounded me all these years?
Re:It stands for (Score:4, Funny)
lol. but - read the summary: Five new wires are bundled in the cable, four of them used for data transfer (bi-directional transfer is now supported)
So its really a UPB now :)
Re:I'm just going to wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:3, Funny)
Then they go the plaid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7tc9pVvYg [youtube.com]
(link to Spaceballs clip on YouTube)
Re:4.8 Gbps is fast? (Score:3, Funny)
Firewire 800 is how old, and is how fast? About 6.25 Gbps?
If only they named Firewire standards in a way that let users tell how fast it was just from the name.
Yogurt brand cables (Score:3, Funny)
Don't forget the Yogurt brand cables and other devices.
May the Schwartz be with you!
Re:USB "Superspeed" (Score:5, Funny)
Well, they are also bringing back the Turbo button, so who knows.
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:3, Funny)
Lint Speed of course. But we'll need someone extremely scared to go this fast. Maybe each USB 4.0 device will incorporate a clone of Arthur.
Re:Full speed, high speed, superspeed (Score:2, Funny)
NEED FOR SPEED!!! mwahahaaaah!
whut? it's a good one.
Re:It stands for (Score:1, Funny)
great, if they add a few more wires, it might finally catch up with parallel port..
Re:I'm just going to wait... (Score:3, Funny)
Armored bears are atheists, of course.