Originally posted by BloggingITGuy:
On a slightly divergent topic, did you notice that USB 3.0 will be using an optical link as well as copper twisted pairs?
I hadn't seen anything on USB 3.0. Did a quick search and skimmed a pretty good
introductory article over at Ars Technica. I found this quote interesting:
Gelsinger expects the final version specifications to be finished by the first half of 2008, with USB 3.0 peripherals realistically appearing in 2009 or 2010.
Kudos to them for being realistic about the time required to develop hardware for a new standard. Their estimate of 18 to 24 months from finalizing the spec to having hardware shipping to consumers is a lot more reasonable than the five to 12 months we've seen attempted (and expected by portions of the consumer market) for HDMI v1.3.
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