USB 3.0 logos now being handed out to certified wares

Aww suki suki now. With CES 2010 leaning around the corner and refusing to leave our periphery, we're getting more and more evidence that the January trade show will be a launching pad for a new suite of USB products. Several months after the first USB 3.0 cables curiously went on sale, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has announced the availability of the USB 3.0 Compliance and Certification Program. What's that mean? It means that a program is now firmly in place to provide compatible wares with a SuperSpeed USB logo, which in turn means that USB 3.0 gear is that much closer to retail shelves. So, who's anxious to slap a USB 3.0 PCI expansion card into their shiny new PC?

[Via HotHardware]

[RAD Moose Posted Sep 1st 2009 5:50PM]

But is it compatible with my USB Mug Warmer?

[Templarian Posted Sep 1st 2009 6:51PM]

Yes, and will heat your coffee 5 times faster.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 1st 2009 6:22PM]

USB 3.0 is already avaliable inbuilt to motherboards ASUS P55 for example has the 1156 chipset but funnily enough SATA III (yes thats III not II) and USB 3.0 :) should be an exciting year of spending way too much money for slight speed increases :) cant wait

[Wwhat Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:03PM]

So far all mobo's with USB3 were either canceled or 'put on hold' for some reason AFAIK.

[Information Central Posted Sep 2nd 2009 12:24AM]

Oh, and connection standards that still don't carry power, years after people should have learned better!

At least USB learned from the SCSI fiasco and stuck with the same basic connector.

Maybe USB 3 will finally be as fast as FireWire 400.

[lethor Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:28PM]

I really wish they would drop the "Full Speed USB," "High Speed USB" and "SuperSpeed USB" nomenclature.

I'm a huge geek, and possess a ridiculous ability to memorize complicated and subtle alphanumeric strings, and yet even I have to stroke my beard wondering whether a "Full Speed USB" cable will make my external hard drive happy and swift. Simply stating the version number and maximum throughput would be MUCH clearer to both me and the average schmoe.

"Hm, full speed ought to mean the maximum possible speed, right?" Wrong. Full Speed USB is the slowest.

[didibus Posted Oct 28th 2009 9:51PM]

Does it push out more power? I would love it if it could power an external HD, because I hate having to carry around the power cord of mine.

[jackdrogba Posted Nov 4th 2009 3:49AM]

usb1.0-usb2.0-usb-3.0??? but usb devieces's transmit speed is still limited with its stucture..at present, we just only speed up the transmit speed through adding usb ports..so,without enough usb port? just look this usb express card adpter:http://www.espow.com/wholesale-4-port-usb-2-0-480mb-expresscard-34-express-card-adapter.html