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Four new wires

Four new wires

Posted Jun 12, 2009 14:17 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Say what? by clugstj
Parent article: Linux first to offer USB 3.0 driver (Linux Devices)

4Gbps full-duplex on a single wire? How do they do that, or did they add more wires for USB 3.0.

Connector A, Connector B and Connector Micro B - two new wires for SuperSpeed Up and two new wires for SupeSpeed Down. Like Gigabit Ethernet, just shorter and few times faster...


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