USB 3.0 brings optical connection in 2008
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Universal Serial Bus will be overhauled with optical data links for a tenfold bandwidth increase, Intel promises. The spec is due in 2008.
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SAS, iSCSI and even InfiniBand offer alternative ways to connect servers to storage and are starting to steal some of Fibre Channel's thunder. But while they are, respectively, cheaper and faster than Fibre Channel for direct-attached storage, that doesn't mean the technology is doomed.
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With iPod- and MP3-enabled home networked audio systems now launched by multiple vendors, and a major test by DirecTV reportedly set for early in 2008, will networking on powerlines actually start to shine at this year's CES?
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If it weren't for those pesky kids and their USB 3... Not to be outdone by rival peripheral interconnect technology USB, Firewire is likewise having its data throughput increased, the organisation behind the standard said today. But it's target speed of 3.2Gb/s falls some way below that of USB 3.0.â¦
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InfoWorld - &#8220;I-triple-what?&#8221; was the question being asked last week, after the Wi-Fi Alliance said it will start certifying next-generation wireless LAN products by the first half of 2007, regardless of whether the IEEE has signed off on new wireless specifications for them.
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In 2008, you'll be able to get Craigslist listings on your GPS device.
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Performance of a Mac could be improved by a multi-lane cable to the storage, which does not limit throughput as with competing products that use USB 2.0 or Firewire, and by the internal PCI Express bus.
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It may not be exactly possible for high-definition discs to pick up where their lofty goals of 2005 left off. Transmission technology has evolved very rapidly during that time, partly due to the format war's very existence.
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Iogear's new switch lets users share a dual-link DVI display, USB keyboard, mouse, and surround sound audio between two computers.
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Alternative to glass and copper appears in a POF of light Siemens researchers have demonstrated a data rate of 1Gbit/s over plastic optical fibre, a speed ten times higher than is possible with current products.â¦
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Speed vs. cost in 2007 Storage vendors plan a bull run with 8-Gbit/s Fibre Channel gear in 2007, hoping to satisfy some customers' demands for higher bandwidth.â¦
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Throughput improvements to 200 kilobits per second (up from between 70 kbps and 135 kbps) noted by multiple users.
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Windows XP Media Center 2005 connects smoothly with video and audio equipment.
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New technology could mean superfast data transfer inside the computer.
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Hard-drive based multimedia player will be available later this year.
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Two new products are designed to make it easier for businesses to connect storage computers across long distances.
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New-style portage spotted USB 3.0 hasn't yet been fully completed but it's implementation could come more quickly than its predecessor's did. Vendors are already starting to prepare their computer hardware for the new bus standard. Today, for example, we saw an upcoming Asus notebook with a pair of USB 3.0 ports.â¦