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Seminar Presentation
On
USB 3.0
Presented by
Harshala A. Chaudhari
MSc I.T.

DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

NMU, JALGAON
What is USB 3.0?
USB 3.0 is also known as SuperSpeed USB.
USB 3.0 is the next major revision of the ubiquitous Universal Serial
Bus, created in 1996 by a consortium of companies led by Intel to
dramatically simplify the connection between host computer and
peripheral devices.

In 2007, Intel demonstrated SuperSpeed USB at the Intel Developer

Forum. Version 1.0 of the USB 3.0 specification was completed on
November 17, 2008.
 Features provided by the USB 3.0
In a nutshell, USB 3.0 promises the following:
1) Higher transfer rates (up to 4.8 Gbps)
2)Increased maximum bus power and increased device current
draw to better accommodate power-hungry devices
3) New power management features
4)Full-duplex data transfers and support for new transfer types
Fig. Motherboard having USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 Ports
 Comparison of USB 3.0 with older
version USB 2.0
1) Speed of Data Transfer :
No USB 2.0 connection could ever come close to the
480Mbps theoretical maximum throughput, making data
transfer at around 320 Mbps - the actual real-world maximum.
Similarly, USB 3.0 connections will never achieve 4.8 Gbps,
but even 50% of that in practice is almost a 10x improvement
over USB 2.0.
2)Extra Performance
Extra performance is achieved by USB 3.0 by change in an
additional physical bus that is added in parallel with the
existing USB 2.0 bus.USB 2.0 previously had 4 wires (power,
ground, and a pair for differential data), USB 3.0 adds 4 more
for two pairs of differential signals (receive and transmit) for a
combined total of 8 connections in the connectors and cabling.
USB 3.0 utilizes a bi-directional data interface rather than
USB 2.0's half-duplex arrangement, where data can only flow
in one direction at a time.
 Compatibility of USB 3.0 with
existing devices
The connector itself remains the same
rectangular shape with the four USB 2.0
contacts in the exact same location as
before. Five new connections to carry
receive and transited data independently
are present on USB 3.0 cables and only
come into contact when mated with a
proper SuperSpeed USB connection.
 The USB 3.0 A and B-side connectors

Fig. A look at the mini connector that'll

connect to cell-phones and other portable
devices
Operating System Support for USB 3.0
At the SuperSpeed Developers Conference in November
2008, Microsoft announced that Windows 7 would have USB
3.0 support, perhaps not on its immediate release, but in a
subsequent Service Pack or update.
Microsoft Vista should also support USB 3.0.
With the open-source community behind it, Linux will most
definitely support USB 3.0 once the xHCI specification is made
public.
 New Applications enabled USB 3.0
External hard drives - capable of more than twice the throughput
available from USB 2.0, not to mention bus-powered portable
drives that require non-compliant Y-cables to get the current
they require for reliable operation
High resolution webcams, video surveillance cameras
Video display solutions, such as DisplayLink USB video technology
Digital video cameras and digital still cameras with USB interface
Multi-channel audio interfaces
External media such as Blu-Ray drives
 USB 3.0 compare to competing
interfaces
Firewire :- Apple, the inventor of the original IEEE 1394 "Firewire"
standard, has repeatedly sent mixed messages with the ditching of
Firewire first from iPods, and more recently from the mainstream
MacBook laptops
eSATA :- or External SATA, was brought to market in 2004 as a consumer
interface targetted directly at an external storage market crowded
with USB 2.0 and Firewire solutions.

ExpressCard 2.0 :- ExpressCard 2.0 supports a variety of applications

involving high throughput data transfer and streaming.
 Conclusion
For USB 3.0
This technology could have a big impact on the
multimedia industry. USB 3.0 will help aid the efficiency at
which multimedia developers work at. Even the simple
procedure of backing up data to an external device will become
easier.
Thank You !