USB 3.0 to Deliver a Tenfold Speed Increase

“That means we’ll be able to rip music, video, photos from the
vast array of peripherals we connect to our computers much more
quickly, and it makes such up-and-coming devices as HD video
cameras that much more practical.

“USB 3.0 will also deliver greater power efficiency and the
ability to recharge a wider variety of gadgets — and it will
most likely mean the death of the competing standard known as
FireWire.

“To get a sense of the speed increase, consider this: Under USB
2.0 it takes about 10 minutes to transfer a high-def video from a
Blu-ray disc. With USB 3.0, it will take just about a minute.

“What the user will see is really a much faster response time,
less waiting, more productivity,” says Patrick Moorhead, vice
president of advanced marketing at AMD, one of the supporters of
the USB 3.0 standard.”

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