10Gbps USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ interface announced. Works with all previous USB versions

Intel’s Thunderbolt interface probably died even before it reached the mass market. With the announcement of next generation USB 3.0 aka USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+, motherboard manufacturers are definitely going to prefer adopting this new interface than a proprietory one. It even gives the extreme speeds that Thunderbolt offers and is backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.

SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps uses a more efficient data encoding and will deliver more than twice the effective data through-put performance of existing SuperSpeed USB over enhanced, fully backward compatible USB connectors and cables. Compatibility is assured with existing USB 3.0 software stacks and device class protocols as well as with existing 5 Gbps hubs and devices and USB 2.0 products.

USB is still king when it comes to wired connectivity between devices/peripherals, and will likely stay on the throne for a lot while longer.  Intel’s current 10Gbps bi-directional throughput Thunderbolt standard is having a tough time competing with USB in terms of widespread adoption by hardware makers.

Thunderbolt 2 will support 20Gbps throughput, but that, too, may not be enough to convince manufacturers to fork out more cash to have the port built into their hardware.

Products featuring USB 3.1 won’t arrive until 2014, and we’ll likely continue to see Thunderbolt as more of an Apple-exclusive and USB for everything else.

Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/usb-3-1-superspeed-announced-10gbps-and-backward-compatibility/49037.html#ixzz2anZEnPZL

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