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It seems like everything is centered around high-definition (HD) these days, and that's a good thing, for it means HD will take up sooner than being dragged around.

 

To add to the HD movement, the universal serial bus (USB), which made its debut with a sigh at 1.1, but finally took off with today's 2.0 standard, is set to make its mark again with the 3.0 standard, this time, for HD solutions. Before you whine "oh no, not yet another standard!", read on.

 

USB 3.0 made its appearance at the recent international consumer electronics show (ICES) 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and as you can see, the connectors look exactly like current USB 2.0 ports.  This is a good thing for it spells backward-compatibility, as USB 3.0 does its magic via extra pins behind the USB 1.1/2.0 ones!  Thumbs up for yet another industry standard which doesn't force users to upgrade!

 

Moving on to what USB 3.0 can do for HD is it's awesome speed - 4.8Gbps, that's a whopping 10 times faster than today's USB 2.0 at 480Mbps! Surprisingly it can do these speeds using standard copper wires, but an optical version will be coming out as well, though details are still sketchy at this point in time. Stay tuned for updates!

 

Source : Register Hardware