USB 3.0 to be an Intel exclusive?

Posted on Thursday, June 05 2008 @ 17:32 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

FUD Zilla heard at Computex that Intel will not share the USB 3.0 technology with its competitors, at least not for a while.

This is not the first and only time, but this means that at this time you cannot expect any USB 3.0 designs based on Intel's reference spec design from anyone but Intel. The way it should work, Intel should share this technology and AMD, VIA and Nvidia would get the chance to make its own USB 3.0 chipsets.

Well, that simply is not going to happen, at least not anytime soon, as least we don’t see that happening in this year. Intel was quite specific to some of its partners where they said that Intel will be the only one with USB 3.0 for a while.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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