Tag archive: USB 3.0

The battle over which data cable standard will dominate in the years ahead is beginning to heat up. With USB 3.0 beginning to take off, the fate of Intel's high-speed Thunderbolt port has been under scrutiny as of late. Everything runs on USB and though Apple has been a huge proponent of the new Thunderbolt port, including it as one of the only ports on its entire line of MacBook computers, support from the world's most popular tech… Read More

Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has been busy lately updating the new Windows 8 blog. A few days ago, he revealed the entire list of Windows 8 feature teams and now he's decided to detail out the upcoming operating system's USB 3.0 support. In a blog post, he reveals that, as expected, Windows 8 will be compatible with USB 3.0, the next generation of USB port, and the more than “10 billion” USB devices around the… Read More

Apple plans to release new models of its popular line of all-in-one iMac desktop computer this week, according to sources “familiar” with Apple's “retail operations” who spoke with Apple Insider. The new iMac line is said to come loaded with Intel's zippy new Sandy Bridget Core i processors. Debut of the new iMacs is said to go down tomorrow, Tuesday, May 3. In addition to the Sandy Bridge update, which will… Read More

Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 are the next great evolutions in device interconnection technology. You're starting to see support for the new connection types pop up in home computers — Apple's latest MacBook Pro, for example, sports a Thunderbolt port — but market leader Intel is still backing its relatively new Sandy Bridge processors, which don't include support for either. Now the company has finally given an… Read More

Intel announced this week that it plans to release developer kits for its new Thunderbolt data transfer system, which will help greatly increase the number of Thunderbolt-compatible devices, and reduce the time it takes for such products to be made available to consumers, reports PC World. The Thunderbolt system was originally debuted by Intel on February 24 of this year. Apple's new line of MacBook Pro laptops are the first devices on… Read More

Computer maker Toshiba has taken the wraps off two new Tecra and one new Portégé notebook computer, and while these relatively staid models are usually aimed at business customers, Toshiba is making versions for consumers too—and in both cases the emphasis is on portability and performance. Toshiba says the new systems are the thinnest they've ever made, but they don't skimp on features or horsepower.… Read More

Apple has reportedly won a new patent from the US Patent and Trademark office for an new type of 30-pin connector for iOS and Mac devices that could support connection to the recently debuted high-speed Thunderbolt port, as well as USB 3.0 and 2.0, according to Patently Apple. The next-geneartion connector is said to be implemented on all iOS devices, which include the iPad, iPhone and iPod lines, as well as Mac computers. Patently Apple… Read More

In the age of flash-based storage and solid-state drives, storage developer Seagate is continuing to make the case that there's a lot of life left in traditional hard drive storage: the company has just announced the GoFlex Slim, which it claims is the world's thinnest external drive with a total thickness of just 9mm. But inside that tiny case, the drive also packs some punch: it spins at 7200 rpm, offers 320 GB of storage, and… Read More

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced that it has finished development of the industry's first DDR DRAM memory module, new RAM technology for computer and other devices that the aims to offer twice the performance of existing DDR3 RAM while consuming 40 percent less power—a boon for mobile devices and notebook computers. But, realizing the promise of faster memory in tomorrow's computers is something of a… Read More

Memory and storage developer Kingston is getting into the market for USB 3.0 SSD drives, announcing its new HyperX Max 3.0 External USB 3.0 drive. Although compatible with everyday USB 2.0 (and even USB 1.1) devices, the SSD drive really shines when connected to a USB 3-capable computer: Kingston claims in its testing the drive transfered 10 GB of data in 72 seconds, compared to 352 seconds (almost six minutes) using USB 2.0 on the same test… Read More

Storage and peripheral maker LaCie is taking a step towards re-inventing the venerable USB thumb drive, today announcing the LaCie FastKey, a USB storage device no larger than a pack of gum. But the FastKey isn't an ordinary USB thumb drive—and a bulky one, by today's standards. Instead, the FastKey is an solid-state drive offering capacities up to 120 GB, along with USB 3.0 capability for data transfer speeds up to 260 MB/s.… Read More

What do you do when a thumb drive won’t quite handle 80GB of photos from gallivanting all over Europe, but you can’t risk putting six months of your life on a failure-prone magnetic drive? Slap them on Iomega’s new SSD Flash drive, of course. At warp speed. It may not look quite as futuristic as OCZ’s Enyo 3.0 (it’s pretty much a black slab), but it’s faster, thinner, and depending on where you go, just as cheap. The company’s first foray into… Read More

Are you staring at your precious USB 3.0 port and thinking, “Gosh, my thumb drive just isn't fast enough?” SuperBiiz has an answer for you: it is now offering SuperTalent's USB 3.0 Express thumb drives in 16 GB and 32 GB capacities for $69 and $119, respectively. They drives are backward compatible with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports, but when connected to a USB 3.0 port they can reach transfer speeds of over 125 MB/s.… Read More

If you're one of the few (but growing!) number of people with USB 3.0 interfaces on your computer, Samsung has a peppy new external storage option for you: it's just revved its Story external hard drives to offer a USB 3.0 port, which in theory gives it up to 10 times the transfer capability of its USB 2.0 predecessor. The improved speed makes it quicker to transfer large heaps of data like video and movie files, and the drive is… Read More