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USB 3.0 – aka SuperSpeed USB – is set to become more super-speedy, with a new specification scheduled for a mid-2013 release that will provide a one-two punch intended to greatly improve its theoretical throughput. "The USB 3.0 Promoter Group that defined and wrote the USB 3.0 spec is doing an amendment to the spec to increase …

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  1. Fai

    USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus

    There sorted, now go release.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Due to lack of DMA it will have double the CPU drain too.

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  4. Z80

    Just call it USB 3.0 2.0 to avoid confusion.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    lose the techy names for standards

    Lets just call it USBWang

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  6. jason 7
    Facepalm

    This isnt about making stuff faster.....

    ..it's all about market churn that's all.

    Ohhh stir it up a bit! Look that one goes one louder!!!

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  7. Jon Green
    Holmes

    Easy brand upgrade

    "SuperSpeed x2".

    Simples. *squeek*

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  8. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Drop the names and version numbers

    Follow the old CD and DVD idea, go back to using x2, x8, etc measured against USB 1.0. Consumers are used to this and know that the higher the xN number, the better the performance.

    Or even simpler and a much better way to explain the benefits to the consumer: USB 5G, USB 10G, etc.

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  9. asmblur

    USB3++

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  10. Poor Coco
    Thumb Up

    Why hasn’t anyone else noticed this?

    Double clock rate + improved encoding = “DoublePlusGood USB”

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  11. Zap

    Suggested Name

    If the spec requires no new hardware for existing users then something around USB3 such as USB3Plus but if as before it needs new kit then USB10g or USB10gb immediately suggests a speed demon, riding on the back of 3g and 4g and it sets a naming convention for the future, e.g. USB500gb and USB2tb (ever the optimist)!

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  12. h3

    Stupid. (I did a test with an ssd connected via both esata and usb 3.0). usb is still utter shite.

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  13. h 6
    Go

    Ludicrous speed.

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  14. David Roberts
    Pint

    USB 3D?

    Seems to sell TVs.

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  15. billse10

    USB-wtf

    wouldn't it be better to get existing USB tin to actually work at existing USB 3.0 speeds first?

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