Back at CES 2013 , USB 3.0 promoter group announced that faster USB 3.0 standard with up to 10Gbps speeds is in the works, now the new USB 3.1 specification with SuperSpeed USB speed up to 10Gbps is ready for development.
“The USB 3.1 specification primarily extends existing USB 3.0 protocol and hub operation for speed scaling along with defining the next higher physical layer speed as 10 Gbps,” said Brad Saunders, USB 3.0 Promoter Group Chairman.
“The specification team worked hard to make sure that the changes made to support higher speeds were limited and remained consistent with existing USB 3.0 architecture to ease product development.”
The new standard is expected to be adopted soon by major hardware manufacturers like Intel and future devices will offer much faster USB speeds once it is implemented. The standard will be back-ward comatible with older USB devices also. We can expect initial products with USB 3.1 from 2014.
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“The USB 3.1 specification primarily extends existing USB 3.0 protocol and hub operation for speed scaling along with defining the next higher physical layer speed as 10 Gbps,” said Brad Saunders, USB 3.0 Promoter Group Chairman.
“The specification team worked hard to make sure that the changes made to support higher speeds were limited and remained consistent with existing USB 3.0 architecture to ease product development.”
The new standard is expected to be adopted soon by major hardware manufacturers like Intel and future devices will offer much faster USB speeds once it is implemented. The standard will be back-ward comatible with older USB devices also. We can expect initial products with USB 3.1 from 2014.
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