ASUS is the first manufacturer to market a motherboard compatible with the new USB 3.0 standard. According to the website The Register, the P7P55D-E is compatible with the new Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 and features two integrated USB 3.0 ports, plus 10 other USB 2.0 ports and a SATA controller can transfer data at up to 6 GB / s.
Developed by Intel, USB 3.0 promises to transfer data at high speed from external devices and PCs In theory, the maximum transfer speed is 5 Gigabit (640 MB) per second, compared to 480 Megabit / s of the current USB 2.0. USB 3.0 controllers are also compatible with current USB 2.0 peripherals and 1.0 present.
A few months ago, information about other ASUS, the P6X58 Premium, circulated online, claiming that this was the first motherboard USB 3.0 market. However, although it has made several appearances at trade shows, it never went on sale. Therefore, the title is for the P7P55D-E.
The chipsets in P7P55D-E (Intel P55 Express) do not natively support USB 3.0, then the ASUS add an extra chip, a driver from NEC, to the board. The company also plans to launch an “upgrade kit” for another of your motherboard, the P7P55D, which adds USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb / s, effectively turning it into a P7P55D-E.
For now, only the operating system already that has support for USB 3.0 is Linux. Price and release date for both the motherboard and to the expansion, were not defined.
Via: The Register.
