Intel: Mainstream USB 3.0 adoption is years away

USB 3.0 has been out for quite awhile now.. if you really can't wait you should go buy some hardware that supports it

I would love to have USB 3.0 for my flash drive and mp3 player.. it would be killer to be able to fill them up in a minute or two instead of the typical hour. But then again, I really don't transfer 16gb of data at a single time on a regular basis.. so just like SSDs I guess I can wait for the price to settle

goodnews. this must be released soon if the world has to end by 2012

Why would it take so long? It's backwards compatible plus they're already putting it on current motherboards.

But, what if USB 3.0 is what CAUSES the world to end in 2012??? Something to ponder

Hardware manufactures always find ways to empty buyers pockets.Wait to see the real use of USB 3.0

why wait lets get it done now, oh wait that wont draw attention, and what not, and they they could sell other stuff in the mean time...

Intel

Intel is working on lightspeak, though that will take awhile. In the mean time they FUD USB 3.0. Makes you want to buy more AMD.

years away? wtf

The question is do average users really need USB 3.0? If they don't, and if USB 2.0 is cheaper, their will, of course, be a slower adoption of USB 3.0.

what about usb 3.1 - apparently it makes it even faster - personally i think intel is underestimating the market...

By the end of the year USB3.0 will be a lot cheaper and people will start buying products that use it. In 2011 it will become mainstream if manufacturers really a good amount of products on the market. In this flooding the market with products will bring the prices down and it greatly increase the speed at which USB 3.0 will be adopted.

On December 21st, 2012, the machines running Windows 8 RC will become self aware and begin their global war against humanity. By exploiting Internet Explorer 6's vulnerabilities they will gain access to the nuclear missile launch codes and will launch a preemptive strike against the world's major cities. The subsequent war of man and machines will last for a century and eventually render the planet uninhabitable. The humans will attempt to launch a messenger back in time to warn us against ever installing Windows 8, but because one intern messed up some calculations that messenger will instead be sent further back in time to the Mayans.

So remember, if you ever install Windows 8 the machines will take over, and you don't want that, do you? Because that's what will happen

\o/

And when Intel speaks i think say the truth.

More speed is always welcome
I think it the adoption rate greately depends on the price of USB3 devices.

Depends on what they term as "Mainstream".

People who post here will be interested & probably adopt it forthwith if they have need for the extra speed.

John & Jane Doe users will either have not heard about it, have no use for it, or ask "What is USB?".

I guess thats "mainstream"...???

I guess they'll be using this USB 3 stuff to make Windows 8 "mind blowing" like what was going around recently, huh? lmao. http://msftkitchen.com/2010/02/windows-8-mind-blowing.html

Considering the amount of gadgets we own that already are USB 2.0, the cost that means to integrate USB 3.0 in the MB for a couple (if not only 1) of devices that you might probably own, sounds odd.

Yeah of course they are talking until completely replaces USB 2.0, this makes sense. But who waits till then? New computers by the summer will have USB 3.0 ports everywhere.

Sweet! This is good news to my ears can't wait till everything starts using SuperSpeed you need to realize now people want their data fast! I think 2012 is too late sure other companies will offer 3.0 but Dell is a huge part of this, I was think they should've been the first one to start bringing out superspeed out on there systems. I just love how technology grows! 5 years from now probably gonna hear about USB 4.0 lol maybe a bit more than 5 years or not :|

Oh, big whoop.