Are you tired of slow USB speeds? Well with the new USB version 3.0, dubbed 'SuperSpeed', you won't be disappointed. The new specification boosts speeds up to ten times that of USB 2.0!!!
The new USB standard is backward and forward compatible with USB 1.0 and USB 2.0 but while the older USB standards run on 4 wires, the new standard adds 5 new wires to that for a total of 9 wires. The USB plug is still the standard rectangular plug we all know and love but the difference is that it seems deeper so that to allow the extra 5 pins.
The additional 5 pins increase the thickness of the USB cable which makes it more like a UTP cable. The reason for the new wires are to implement high speed, full-duplex, high-speed communications over separate data links for concurrent bi-directional communication.
The new port standard also gives you more power; The current limit has been increased from 500mA to a whopping 900mA which gives you more power to charge your devices or makes it possible to eliminate some external power supplies for high power devices.
The USB standard will be available for hardware manufacturers by mid 2009 and for consumers by early 2010. We will be eagerly waiting...
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