Intel Developers Demo USB 3.0 Throughput On Linux 231
Sarah Sharp writes "Intel's Open Source Technology Center is working on USB 3.0 support for Linux. USB 3.0 has wire speeds of 5Gbps and promises to be 10 times faster than USB 2.0. A recent video demo shows speeds that are 3.5 times faster than USB 2.0. The USB 3.0 drivers will be submitted to the mainline kernel when the eXtensible host controller interface (xHCI) specification reaches a 1.0 release."
Re:What's in a name... (Score:2, Funny)
Look, we both know that there will be a "USB ludicrous speed". Marketing has no say in it.
Re:What's in a name... (Score:3, Funny)
Is 2009 the year of the Flash?
Indeed. On the desktop!!
Re:cool, at least it is progress (Score:5, Funny)
yeah yeah, i read the comments about gigabit ethernet being faster, thats not the point, usb 3 is still better than usb 2, enjoy the weekend...
We're geeks, reading stuff like this *is* enjoying the weekend.....
Future Problems..... (Score:3, Funny)
USB 1.1: Low-Speed and Full-Speed
USB 2.0: High-Speed
USB 3.0: Super-Speed
USB 4.0: Mega-Speed
USB 5.0: Ultra-Speed
USB 6.0: ???-Speed
Re:Future Problems..... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What's in a name... (Score:2, Funny)
We've gone plaid.
Re:What's in a name... (Score:3, Funny)
What about ludicrous speed?
Re:What's in a name... (Score:5, Funny)
USB 2.0 gave us high-speed and full-speed. Some marketing department had to work really hard on the USB 3.0 specs, to come up with... super-speed.
I'm holding out for WARP speed...
I'm holding out for plaid speed...
Re:Future Problems..... (Score:4, Funny)
USB 7.0: Profit-Speed!
Re:What's in a name... (Score:2, Funny)
PS: thanks to Intel for helping Linux stay on the leading edge. It looks like Linux may even support this before Windows, thanks to the Windows 7 schedule
The real question is...will Tux get fat with all the new code?
Re:latency badness (Score:1, Funny)
Only if you're using gold-plated power leads on your speakers.
Re:latency badness (Score:3, Funny)
...yes and 2 completely separate transfer cables, 1 for all the ones, the other for all the zeros.
Gold plated, of course.
What's in a name...Corporate GTA. (Score:3, Funny)
"Step 1. Print and execute the xHCI Contributor agreement. Note: The agreement must be executed by a corporate officer."
Those corporate officers have all the fun, executing this, executing that.
Re:Who needs USB anymore ? (Score:2, Funny)