Intel has released some information regarding the rumors about the company's implications in developing the USB 3.0. First of all, Intel announced that USB 3.0 is not an Intel specification. It is being developed by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group (HP, Intel, MSFT, NEC, NXP, and TI). Since November 2007 the USB 3.0 Promoter Group has been joined by over 180 USB 3.0 Contributor companies (Including other chipset makers such as AMD and Nvidia) who are helping to finalize the USB 3.0 specification.
USB 3.0 details are expected to be made publicly available by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group along with an adopter agreement early in the second half of 2008. The company also explained the Intel’s Host Controller spec which come as a support of the USB 3.0 standard. "Intel is investing heavily (think gazillions of dollars and bazillions of engineering man hours) in resources to create an Intel host controllers spec in order to speed time to market of the USB 3.0 technology."
Intel plans to make this spec available early in second half of 2008 with a no-royalty licensing obligation. USB 3.0 will be a new wired USB standard – operating at faster speeds than previous USB generations. I can think here about HD content and other large files that move quickly onto your computers from a tiny flash drive.
via Intel Blogs
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