The history of USB

The history of USB

In computing terms, USB is an ancient technology, _ rst appearing back in

1996. _There were two speeds back then - a full rate of 12MBps and a lower

one at what today seems a snail’s pace of 1. 5MBps. What helped make it such

a_success was the fact that most of the work is done inside_the computer, check this

not_on_the attached device. This made USB, at the device end, relatively

inexpensive to produce, and that in turn helped it achieve popularity and

become a universal standard.

Fast forward to 2000 and USB 2. 0 appeared. A massive speed increase to check this

480MBps was implemented. Then in 2008, USB 3. 0 was announced, and the _ rst

compatible devices started to appear in 2009. Fully certi_ ed products didn’t

start appearing till the start o_ 2010. Slowly USB 3. 0 has started to appear

in computers, and today it’s easy to _ nd. We aren’t expecting it to be seen in

smartphones for a bit, though. Current predictions suggest we’ll see it at the

end of_this year or early in 2013.