Its hard to imagine life wihout the common, yet efficient USB Port. Things are getting even better. The new USB 3.0 specs that can boost transfer rates across the existing old cables is announced at CES 2008.
Its alledged to deliver transfer rates of 4.7 Gb/s, almost 10 times the today’s 480Mb/s(USB 2.0). The new specifications set is announced to be compatible with all the USB Products, cables and connectors. This is done with a design trick, the USB 3.0 pins are placed right behind the USB 2.0/1.1 pins.
Final USB 3.0 standard is to be completed by the end of June this year.