News - Super Talent teases USB 3.0 pen drive

[HEXUS]

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive arriving next month with transfer speeds of up to 320MB/sec.

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[scaryjim]

The drive is backward compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports

I thought the USB3.0 connector was bigger than "old" USB - do they have some clever trick to fit into the old smaller ports, or am I actually going quite, quite mad?

[kalniel]

I thought the USB3.0 connector was bigger than "old" USB - do they have some clever trick to fit into the old smaller ports, or am I actually going quite, quite mad?

Time to lay off the mercury

Physical size is the same - it was always designed to be fully backwards compatible.

[Funkstar]

Only the USB3 B connector is bigger.

This has some good photos and diagrams of the new A and Mini connectors:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01...sb_3_revealed/

This link is pretty good too:
http://www.hosiden.co.jp/web/english...se/cms1600.htm

[scaryjim]

Cool, thanks guys. Useful links there Funk - I am now vaguely less clueless

[miniyazz]

From that first link -

The full USB 3.0 specification is expected to be completed by the end of June 2008.

Epic fail

[Funkstar]

From that first link -

Epic fail

I wouldn't call 3 months late "EPIC FAIL" personally. 802.11n, now that was EPIC FAIL

The spec was finalised last November. It's just taken a year for people to implement the standard and produce parts based on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb#USB_3.0

[miniyazz]

I wouldn't call 3 months late "EPIC FAIL" personally. 802.11n, now that was EPIC FAIL

The spec was finalised last November. It's just taken a year for people to implement the standard and produce parts based on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb#USB_3.0

Fair enough