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USB 3.0 PCs Coming Soon as First Host Controllers Appear -- Nikkei Electronics Asia -- July 2009 - Tech-On!
USB 3.0 PCs Coming Soon as First Host Controllers Appear -- Nikkei Electronics Asia -- July 2009 - Tech-On!
Latest Nikkei Electronics Asia -- July 2009 USB 3.0 PCs Coming Soon as First Host Controllers Appear A number of people in the industry agree that the first models of USB 3.0 personal computers (PC) will probably ship from Taiwanese PC manufacturers before the end of 2009. SuperSpeed Universal ...
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USB 3.0-equipped PCs due before end of the year
TechSpot — ... , it appears that the SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus standard, better known as USB 3.0, is about ready for a commercial rollout. According to a Nikkei report , Taiwanese PC vendors will be among the first to release computers equipped with the next-gen interface, which promises up to 5Gbps transfer speeds, or roughly ten times the speed of USB 2.0. Citing rapid development in integrated circuits and the shipment of compliant controllers to PC manufacturers, the website claims the first USB 3.0-compatible PCs could appear by the end of the year, with 2010 seeing the start of ...

PCs with USB 3.0 to be Available Before 2010
DriverHeaven.net — ... USB 3.0, with speeds 10 times faster than USB 2.0, will offer transfer speeds of up to 5 gigabits of data per second. Manufacturers are expected to introduce a new generation of USB flash drives, external hard drives, and other devices that will make use of the significantly faster transfer speeds. ...

USB 3.0 Equipped PCs Will Be Shipping by End of the Year
Maximum PC — ... Taiwanese manufacturers might have positioned themselves to begin shipping SuperSpeed USB (aka USB 3.0) before the curtain falls on the year 2009, according to the July issue Nikkei Electronics Asia. The magazine believes that it was quite evident from the various prototypes on display at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference held in Tokyo May 20-21, 2009 that the commercial rollout of the next-gen USB interface in PCs is nigh. ...

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