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Posted April 22, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware With Video
While the imminent arrival of next-gen USB and Thunderbolt interfaces is no longer fresh news, ComputerWorld brings to attention one potentially revolutionary detail: the next iteration of USB will deliver enough juice to effectively power any device without the aid…
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Posted March 11, 2013, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
A few weeks ago we learned that Intel’s upcoming Haswell platform was plagued with an annoying USB 3.0 bug. The chip maker didn’t immediately fess up to the issue but we’ve since heard that it is indeed a real cause…
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Posted March 4, 2013, 7:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
If you're planning on upgrading to Intel's Haswell platform later this year, you may want to wait for the first round of chips to clear shelves before taking the plunge. Hardware.info claims to have spoken with a "reliable source" who says the next-generation processors have a small issue with USB 3.0...
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Posted January 7, 2013, 9:40 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced that a major update for the ubiquitous interface is currently in the works, in an effort to double today's 5Gbps transfer rate to a Thunderbolt-matching 10Gbps. The speed boost is still a bit…
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Posted December 13, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware With Video
Lacie has expanded its rugged storage line with a new portable flash drive that offers more strength and speed than the company's previous offerings. Constructed out of Zamak (zinc alloyed with aluminum, magnesium and copper), the XtremKey USB 3.0 can…
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Posted October 10, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
Promise Technology today announced the availability of what it claims to be the world's fastest ultra-portable storage device with Thunderbolt connectivity: the Pegasus J2. At the time of this writing, the J2 appears to only be available at the Apple…
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Posted August 10, 2012, 4:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Hardware With Video
Samsung has released specifications for their new dual-core mobile application processor known as the Exynos 5 Dual. This ARM-based processor is built using a 32nm HKMG (High-K Metal Gate) process and is said to perform nearly two times faster than…
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Posted July 24, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
The USB Promoter Group has announced new USB Power Delivery specifications (PDF) for the USB connectivity interface, which will enable USB ports to provide up to 100W of power and eliminate the need for proprietary power adapters to charge laptops…
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Posted August 23, 2011, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software With Video
Microsoft is offering up a few more details about its next-gen operating system on the recently launched Building Windows 8 blog. Although this is hardly surprising news, according to a post by Dennis Flanagan, Windows 8 is expected to bring native support for USB 3.0 devices...
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Posted August 11, 2011, 10:30 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Apple and Intel may be pushing Light Peak (aka Thunderbolt) technology forward as a true next-gen USB replacement, but that doesn't mean the latter will die so easily. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group is working on a new specification that…
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Posted June 28, 2011, 9:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware With Video
LaCie and Porsche Design Group have announced the LaCie Porsche Design Mobile (P'9220) and LaCie Porsche Design Desktop (P'9230) hard disk drives (HDDs) with USB 3.0 support. They are being advertised as having a sleek aluminum frame with a purist…
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Posted June 27, 2011, 8:21 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware With Video
Let me tell you a little story about this fellow named Joe Enthusiast. When SuperSpeed USB 3.0 was finalized nearly three years ago, Mr. Enthusiast was enamored by the specification's promise of delivering a tenfold speed boost over its predecessor.…
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Posted June 24, 2011, 7:54 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
The PCI Special Interest Group has revealed plans to develop an external version of PCI Express to rival the likes of eSATA, USB 3.0, and Intel’s new Thunderbolt interconnect. The standard would be based on PCIe 3.0 technology, which will…
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Posted June 15, 2011, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
USB 3.0 adoption is set to rocket this year, according to market research group In-Stat, which forecasts that close to 80 million devices shipped in 2011 will support the technology. Although price is not really a barrier at this point,…
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Posted April 19, 2011, 10:58 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced a new line of Hitachi Touro Pro desktop and mobile external hard drives, which offer both local backup and cloud storage functionality. The Touro Pro line is an all-in-one solution to help…
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Posted April 13, 2011, 3:26 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
Although plenty of USB 3.0 devices have launched since the specification was finalized in late 2008, Intel and AMD have been slow to deliver embedded support. To date, neither chipmaker provides native USB 3.0 support, forcing motherboard manufacturers to purchase…
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Posted April 4, 2011, 4:58 AM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware
Dubbed SuperSpeed USB, USB 3.0 offers full-duplex communication and a tenfold boost in transfer speeds as well as improved capabilities, all while maintaining compatibility with USB 2.0 devices.
Several memory manufacturers are offering flash drives claiming to utilize the extra performance offered by the revamped interface. Today we are looking at three 64GB flash drives: the AData Nobility Series N005, Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 and Patriot SuperSonic.
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Posted April 1, 2011, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
Cooler Master has launched an updated version of its classic HAF 932 desktop chassis. If you read our review of Cooler Master's flagship HAF X last November, you'll probably recall that it offered a few perks unavailable on the older…
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