There's more to USB 3.0 than just fast storage; like Intel's Thunderbolt, it can carry video or networking data as well, with the right adapter. Thanks to some advances from DisplayLink (the ...

Nearly a decade after USB 2.0 was first introduced, this practically ubiquitous technology is poised for its first major upgrade in years. Symwave, a semiconductor startup, and hard-drive maker ...

When you’re in front of your PC, waiting for something to trans fer to removable media, that’s when seconds feel like minutes, and minutes feel like hours. And data storage scenarios such as that one ...

In the last 14 years, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) has become the standard interface to connect devices to a computer. Whether it’s an external hard drive, a camera, the mouse, a printer, or a ...

Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something.

In a USB function – an embedded device with a USB interface – there is a USB peripheral controller chip. As shown in Figure 2, this chip has two key functions: it interfaces to the USB system ...

Look around your house and chances are you have at least a few devices that use Universal Serial Bus. On average, some 3 billion USB ports are shipped each year, making it by far the most successful ...

Despite the fact that USB Type-C was designed to make life easier with its error-less insertion initiative – it’s symmetrical after all – there have been a number of concerning issues that have ...

When new USB standards come around, they always talk about backwards compatibility. E.g., the new 4.0 spec says "…Backward compatibility with USB 3.2, USB 2.0…". Having no USB 1.0 or 1.1 devices handy ...