USB 2.0 has been the mainstay of most gadgets for the last few years, and we have all been getting used to those USB gadgets like there wouldn’t be anything better. At the CES 2010, we can expect USB 3.0 to be released and it is expected t go mainstream in a big way!

With amazing flash drives and external storage solutions, everything is going to get easier this time around. At the CES 2010, Symwave and Super Talent will announce the Super Talent USB 3.0 RAIDDrive which uses Symwave SW6318 device. It offers 300 MB/s and is expected to be the fastest USB 3.0 device in the market. You will get it in the sizes of 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB.

Thanks to parallel channels of NAND flash you could expect the gadget to be quite contemporary in technical aspects. There is no information about the prices but it is expected to be announced at the CES 2010. USB 3.0 gadgets may become the most talked-about devices at the CES 2010 this year, and I am sure many cool and funky gadgets would be announced which work on the platform of USB 3.0.

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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.

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Via: The Register.