USB 3.0 is ten times more efficient than USB 2.0, Intel promises

The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has formally submitted the technical specifications of the version of USB 3.0, also known as Super Speed USB, the new generation of the main standard for connecting peripherals.
 According to Intel, at the head of his committee establishment, data transfer with USB 3.0 can be up to ten times more efficient than the current USB 2.0 or 4.8 Gigabits per second (over 600 MB / s).  A flow rate achieved in particular by using fiber optics in addition to the traditional copper connectors.  This technology is also presented as more efficient resource.
 Together with Intel, the technical specifications have been written by Microsoft, HP, Texas Instruments, NEC and NXP Semiconductors, in the consortium USB-IF.
 However wait until the end 2009 for the entry of the first computers USB 3.0, and 2010 for other products and peripherals – external hard drives, cameras and music players – nearly 10 years after the first appearance of USB 2.0.
 Note that the USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0.