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What Is Usb 3.0
When was the last time you got impatient with technology not being fast enough? Here is a situation: your flight from San Francisco to New York takes off in 3 hours and you are ready to head to the airport, but you really want to catch up with the all new season of your favorite series “House” which you missed. A friend just sent you a message on Facebook about how much he enjoyed a blockbuster movie he watched last night and you wish you could watch it on the long flight you are about to get on. If I were you, I would be wondering “if only I had the time to simply get all the content I need right now”. Today, it would take about 14 minutes to transfer an HD movie of 25GB and almost 9 minutes to transfer a TV Show of 16GB from a PC to your hand held media device. Thankfully, technological innovations are happening at a pace that enables users to get the content they want a lot faster. One such evolution is that of the most universal and ubiquitous interface – USB. USB 3.0 SuperSpeed is here and promises to be the panacea to such situations. History of USB In this age of internet and communication revolution, enormous amount of content is being generated, processed and consumed at a staggering rate; and in parallel, mass storage technologies are also undergoing significant innovation. Storage is becoming inexpensive and densities are increasing, driving content sharing. Users no longer worry about conserving hard drive space. The life of a photographer is a lot easier with several storage cards to freely click as many pictures and swap cards out when full. These usage models are becoming increasingly popular not just in the enterprise and professional context, but also in the consumer arena. Still cameras and camcorders are evolving towards higher resolution and better quality pictures, creating a need for a faster interconnect to be able to consume the content. So strong is the need for something faster, that several technology leaders have come together to solve this problem in an elegant and seamless manner. The USB Implementers Forum recognized this urgent need for the next-generation interconnect technology and officially ratified the USB 3.0 specification in November 2008. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com a |
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