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Symwave showing off USB 3.0 high-speed storage at CES

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Computing | by Stephen Schenck | Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:04PM | 0 comments

Just picked up a late-model desktop and think you're set with all the hookups you'll ever need: USB 2.0, FireWire, eSATA? Well, not for much longer. The high-speed USB 3.0 specification is on its way to the big time, with the first storage devices using the protocol premiering at January's CES. Symwave plans to show off its prototype storage device taking advantage of the increased data rate USB 3.0 supports. The protocol uses connectors based on USB 2.0 for backwards compatibility, but adds in four extra wires that enable supported devices to communicate with each other at up to 5Gb/s, well over the 480Mb/s now supported.

Before you start feeling behind-the-times, don't worry; no one's even selling computers that can take advantage of these new devices yet. Symwave's announcement is a good start to begin prompting some change, though. Once USB 3.0 devices start appearing, manufacturers will build support for the protocol into their systems. Just don't expect it to happen right away.

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