Standard SuperSpeed USB, known as USB 3.0, got a bit closer to reality after the first program of certification and compliance testing, running a nonprofit organization USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF).

A non-profit organization, in which there are representatives of some of the largest technology companies in the world, including Microsoft, HP, Intel and Texas Instruments, severely tests the hardware to full compliance with the specifications of USB 3.0. Only after passing this test device can proudly wear the official logo SuperSpeed. Unless, of course, this device was not made in China's underground shops mature 11-year workers. In this case, you can get simply printed on the printer logos and incomprehensible shawl.

Among the tests used to verify the compatibility of the new device and USB 3.0, is a test for speed: make sure that the device can achieve data rates up to 5 GB / s, but it can also operate at a speed ten times smaller to be to communicate with USB-devices of the previous generation that supports standard USB 2.0. One of the forces that actively pushes forward the USB 3.0 is the widespread high-quality digital video and the accompanying need for storage and playback of large video files, which require the possibility of more rapid data transfer.

The new standard uses the same socket that was used earlier versions, as well as incorporate the technology Sync-n-Go, which significantly reduces waiting time by the user and optimizes the power, allowing not provide the energy that is not working at the moment the device. Although the compatibility of the new standard with USB 2.0 ensures the compatibility with an even earlier version, USB 1.0, remains open. As far as we know, USB-IF has not expressed its intention to support the compatibility of any level.

Universal Serial Bus be the most successful interface in the history of computers, de facto it has become the standard throughout the IT-industry due to its reliability, simplicity and ease of use. Only in 2008 was shipped almost 3 billion USB-devices. Now only individual professionals remember the standard SCSI, which required individual renumbered the ports and cables are very thick.

The first devices supporting SuperSpeed USB, should appear on the market about the New Year, but large-scale emergence of USB 3.0 is expected only by mid-2010. This link anyone can find the complete specifications of the standard USB 3.0.