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FRONTPAGE USB 3.1 Specification Brings 10Gb/s Transfer Rates

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The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced that the new specification for the USB 3.1 standard is now complete and ready for development. The new standard builds on current USB 3.0 SuperSpeed standard and adds enhancement to allow for transfer rates of up to 10Gb/s. The new speed is made possible by the use of better, more efficient data encoding. The 3.1 specifications calls for twice the through-put over current USB 3.0 connections while maintaining full backward compatibility with USB 3.0 cables and connectors, as well as USB 2.0 devices.

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