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Study: USB 3.0 will see broad adoption by 2012
It estimates that by 2013, global shipments of USB 3.0 flash drives will near 200 million units, and eventually mobile phones will be the highest volume segment. In-Stat projects the upcoming interface to account for over 25% of the USB market by 2013.
The outfit has called USB the most successful interface ever, with over three billion devices shipped in 2008 alone. It speculates that Digital TVs with USB will grow to 140 million units shipped in 2013. During that time, USB-enabled gadgets are forecasted rise at a 6.6% compound annual growth rate.
The first batch of consumer electronics to tout SuperSpeed USB will be showcased at this week's IDF event in San Francisco, and should make it to market by early next year.
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strategic on September 20, 2009 8:59 AM |
Awesome! It would be nice to see this type of advancement with internal HDD's. |
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shossofe on September 20, 2009 4:58 PM |
strategic said: what? you mean SSD? why would an internal HDD use USB3.0? If an internal HDD uses a USB then that just means it is an external...or better off being an external.Awesome! It would be nice to see this type of advancement with internal HDD's. |
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Guest on September 20, 2009 5:11 PM |
So when will Apple Macs adopt USB 3 ? In 2020 ? A Firewire jack will probably still be sticking out of Macbooks then. |
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Guest on September 20, 2009 8:09 PM |
Probably never, because apple will reject it, mistaking it for an "app" APPLE SUCKS |
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LightHeart on September 21, 2009 6:56 AM |
Each year for the past few years has been the year of USB 3, hopefully we will actually see it in production. |
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Guest on September 21, 2009 12:24 PM |
Asus was originally going to support USB 3.0 on their boards already, but ditched it because of adoption fears. Sad, Asus would have a jump start on this. |
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Guest on September 21, 2009 10:39 PM |
It would be great if internal and external drives had the same interface. What could possibly be the disadvantage if transfer speed is a non-issue? Imagine internal drives with only 1 connector! That is totally the future. The simpler, the better. |
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Badfinger on September 22, 2009 5:26 AM |
I'm expecting a lot sooner than 2012, wondering about possible PCI cards with USB3 ports? |
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Punkid on September 22, 2009 8:14 AM |
cool SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 both are on their way 
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