Among peripherals, SuperSpeed USB will be targeted initially at devices requiring high data transfer rates and large data stores, such as external hard-disk drives and Flash Drives. Other likely target devices include Portable Media Players (PMPs), LCD PC monitors, and digital still cameras.
In-Stat projects that attach rates for SuperSpeed USB will soar to over 70% in external hard-drives by 2012, with similar attach rates in notebook and desktop PCs. Initial adoption will emerge in 2010. By 2013, shipments of USB 3.0 flash drives will approach 200 million units worldwide. Eventually, mobile phones will be the highest volume segment, simply due to the overwhelming volume phones shipped. Overall, SuperSpeed USB will represent over 25% of the USB market by 2013.
“SuperSpeed may eventually move beyond those target applications requiring the highest bandwidth.” says Brian O’Rourke, In-Stat analyst. “However, in order to achieve broader adoption, cost will have to go down significantly. To get SuperSpeed USB costs down and increase attach rates, the technology will have to be integrated into the application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and System-on-a-Chips (SoCs), that power the peripherals”.
Analysts predict broad adoption of USB 300 over next several years
Posted on Tuesday, September 22 2009 @ 4:42 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckIn-Stat analysts report USB 3.0 will see broad adoption across a range of PC and PC peripherals over the next several years. One of the key drivers of the new standard is expected to be external storage devices, which will greatly profited from the enhanced performance offered by SuperSpeed USB.
