primesuspect
19 Sep 2007, 3:22am
Announced today at the Intel Developer Forum, a consortium consisting of HP, Microsoft Corporation, NEC Corporation, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments Incorporated is gathering to hammer out the USB 3.0 specification.
Of course the press releases contain the usual blather about higher speeds (10x fastar!) lower power (batteries ++!), and intent (sync-and-go! blahdee blah blah!) but what intrigued me was this bit:
<blockquote>"USB 3.0 ports and cabling will be designed to enable backward compatibility as well as future-proofing for optical capabilities."</blockquote>
Say whoo-wha?
I understand the USB 3 plugs on your Dell Laptop 2010 will still work with your grandma's 128mb Jump Drive, but I'm curious (strictly from a nerd standpoint) on how they plan to include optical support in a little plug with four copper wires.
I just can't wait to see it.
Of course the press releases contain the usual blather about higher speeds (10x fastar!) lower power (batteries ++!), and intent (sync-and-go! blahdee blah blah!) but what intrigued me was this bit:
<blockquote>"USB 3.0 ports and cabling will be designed to enable backward compatibility as well as future-proofing for optical capabilities."</blockquote>
Say whoo-wha?
I understand the USB 3 plugs on your Dell Laptop 2010 will still work with your grandma's 128mb Jump Drive, but I'm curious (strictly from a nerd standpoint) on how they plan to include optical support in a little plug with four copper wires.
I just can't wait to see it.