USB 3.0

Also called: SuperSpeed USB

USB 3.0 is the next major revision of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus, created in 1996 by a consortium of companies led by Intel to dramatically simplify the connection between host computer and peripheral devices. Fast forwarding to 2009, USB 2.0 has been firmly entrenched as the de-facto interface standard in the PC world for years (with about 6 billion devices sold), and yet still the need for more speed by ever faster computing hardware and ever greater bandwidth demands again drive us to where a couple of hundred megabits per second is just not fast enough.

See also

• List of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP Cores

Related Papers

• SuperSpeed USB 3.0: Ubiquitous Interconnect for Next Generation Consumer Applications

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