Look for the USB 3.0 specifications to be finalized by end of summer of 2008. USB 3.0 products will most likely hit the shelves by the end of 2009. What’s the big hoopla about USB 3.0? Well, it’s supposed to be ten times the speed of USB 2.0. That’s 4.8Gbps.
USB 1.0 – 1.5Mbps
USB 1.1 – 12Mbps
USB 2.0 – 480Mbps
USB 3.0 – 4.8Gbps?
That is screaming fast!