Universal Serial Bus, abbreviated as USB is used to connect various devices to the computer. Thanks to this technology that we are witnessing an age of USB flash drives and pen drives, USB modems, etc. Now a day’s even primary devices like Printers, mouse and keyboards are manufactured with USB connectivity. Other devices like mobile phones and digital cameras can also be easily connected to the system through the USB port and transfer data at a faster rate.

Few years ago, connecting a new device via USB port was a tiresome job. It required the operating system to reboot to recognize the newly attached device. But as technology progressed, the rebooting was not required and any number of devices could be connected and disconnected without any problem. With these developments and features like “Hot Swapping”, the technology became market’s red hot. Then came the day when one could power low power consumption devices through the USB ports itself, thereby removing the additional adapter or charger feature from the device.

By the beginning of 2002, with the launch of Windows XP with its in-built USB drivers, people became more drawn towards this technology and the speeds that this port had to offer was really alluring to the then computer freaks. The first generation USB port, named as USB 1.0’s speed ranged between 1.5Mbps to 12Mbps.

However, with increasing USB connectivity devices in the market and with new processors offering multi-tasking at high speeds, the USB 1.0 needed to be upgraded. Then saw the dawn of USB 2.0, which offered services up to a speed of 480Mbps. Today the world is enjoying its services immensely. There is not a single computer without USB 2.0 ports. It has become as important to have a USB 2.0 port in a system as any other configuration.

Now is the new age of impatience where people want more speed and much faster rate of data transmission. Thus Intel and its partners have come up with the latest addition to this technology named USB 3.0, which has a lightning fast speed of data transfer up to 4.8Gbps.

They do not have any compatibility issues with earlier USB technologies either making it great news for all the domestic users. However, people cannot expect to taste this technology anytime before mid 2010. Also, it would take less time than the present USB ports to charge the MP3 players or Mobile phones. Now that’s one hell of a Super Speed Device. Isn’t it?