Double-speed USB 3.0 to arrive next year

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Computing industry powers are doubling the data-transfer speed of USB 3.0 from today's 5 gigabits per second rate to 10Gbps.

The move will uncork speed bottlenecks of external SSD storage devices, open up options such second monitors, and help confine the even faster Thunderbolt interface to a high-end niche.

But it won't happen immediately. The specification should be done in mid-2013, which "will enable initial products to appear in late 2014 with a much broader availability of products in 2015," according to the USB 3.0 Promoter Group, which announced the faster Universal Serial Bus work today at the CES show.

Read more at source:
Double-speed USB 3.0 to arrive next year | Best of CES 2013 - CNET Blogs
 

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USB 3.0x2 sounds great. With my luck I'll get to experience crashes, BSODs, etc twice as fast. :p

On a serious note, it would be even nicer if ISPs would work on increasing upload/download speeds. Maybe then it would make sense to store multi-gigabyte files in the cloud and not have to wait weeks or months for the transfer to take place.
 

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So... Will this USB 3.1 require new hardware or just an update to Windows?

It'd suck if I'll need a new laptop.
 

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To take advantage of the double-speed USB 3.0 interface, devices such as computers, hubs, and digital cameras will need new USB controller hardware. However, the new version of USB 3.0 uses the same connectors, so existing USB devices can be plugged into the higher-speed ports.
USB 3.0 cables may or may not work. "Existing SuperSpeed USB cables are not certified to operate at 10 Gbps; it is possible that some existing SuperSpeed USB cables may be capable of operating at 10 Gbps," the group said.

From above link
 

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USB 3.0x2 sounds great. With my luck I'll get to experience crashes, BSODs, etc twice as fast. :p
On a serious note, it would be even nicer if ISPs would work on increasing upload/download speeds. Maybe then it would make sense to store multi-gigabyte files in the cloud and not have to wait weeks or months for the transfer to take place.


Great line! :roflmao:
 

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1 TB
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Ducky mechanical with PBT double shot keycaps.
yay! new hardware! New drivers! New cards for those that don't have native support!
 

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AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3
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ASUS M4A78
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5 GB yes I run 2x 2GB and 1x 1GB, different brand, spank me.
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512 Mb, unknown manufacturer.
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Crappy Realtek Integrated Audio
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Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P
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Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
We already have Thunderbolt ports for PCs, SATA Express is coming, and now USB 3.0x2.

Let's do some calculation... Here's my current USB 3.0 flashdrive's CrystalDisk Benchmark:

VUSB3_CD.PNG

x2 this benchmark and still won't be as good as a decent SATA III SSD's performance, much less getting close to Thunderbolt and SATA Express transfer rates...
 

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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH
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16 GBs GSkill Sniper
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Dell Multimedia keyboard
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Honestly I don't see it as a killer feature, which is actually nice. I don't have the need to upgrade my system just for this, but it will be a nice perk for when I do upgrade.
 

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Google Chrome
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Let's hope it will be really faster. Today's USB3 at 5Gb is actually slower than eSata at 3Gb. Go figure.
 

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Gives me an excuse to wait adding a PCI-E USB3 expansion card into my machine. :P
 

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Let's hope it will be really faster. Today's USB3 at 5Gb is actually slower than eSata at 3Gb. Go figure.


I have an HP W7 desktop I just bought in September that has a couple USB 3.0 ports. Don't know how the speed measures but it's a LOT faster than 2.0. Really nice if you're moving a bunch of photos, etc.
 

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Samsung 21.5" LED
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1 TB
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Ducky mechanical with PBT double shot keycaps.
Let's hope it will be really faster. Today's USB3 at 5Gb is actually slower than eSata at 3Gb. Go figure.


I have an HP W7 desktop I just bought in September that has a couple USB 3.0 ports. Don't know how the speed measures but it's a LOT faster than 2.0. Really nice if you're moving a bunch of photos, etc.
Yeah, it is faster than USB2. But eSata is even faster.

I have a desktop with USB3 and eSata and when I make images to the same external disk to either one, the images go faster on the eSata although the specifications would not suggest that.
 

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I imagine eSata has lower latency ir something.
 

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ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory
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17-inch TFT active-matrix LCD, millions of colors
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1440 x 900
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Hitachi 320GB HDT721032SLA360 7200RPM SATA II (upgrade)
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Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600
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Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Google Chrome
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Base Score: 3.9 Processor: 4.4 Memory 4.7
Graphics: 3.9 Gaming Graphics: 4.1 Primary HD: 5.9
We already have Thunderbolt ports for PCs, SATA Express is coming, and now USB 3.0x2. Let's do some calculation... Here's my current USB 3.0 flashdrive's CrystalDisk Benchmark:
x2 this benchmark and still won't be as good as a decent SATA III SSD's performance, much less getting close to Thunderbolt and SATA Express transfer rates...
Thunderbolt is also significantly juicier, as you can daisy-chain 10 or so stuff and still get pretty high speed anyway since it uses a better protocol. (within reason, of course)

I imagine eSata has lower latency ir something.
eSata is the same as if it was internal, as it is just cosmetically different from a normal Sata port on a mobo. Can run circles around USB 3.0 anytime, anywhere as it has a lot less overhead sot it is much closer to its theoretical max speed than USB 3.0.
USB 3.0 has power though, while eSata does not. (well there is eSata power that steals the power from a USB port, but it's rare)
 

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custom built
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Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
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AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3
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ASUS M4A78
Memory
5 GB yes I run 2x 2GB and 1x 1GB, different brand, spank me.
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512 Mb, unknown manufacturer.
Sound Card
Crappy Realtek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks!
Hard Drives
(1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD
PSU
whatever, around 450w
Case
Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old
Cooling
CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy
Keyboard
Microsoft, PS/2, white.
Mouse
Optical, logitec.
Internet Speed
effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up
Antivirus
Avira, free edition.
Browser
Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome :P
Other Info
Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
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