ETA For USB 3 On A Mac? Don't Hold Your Breath
03/05/10 12:27 Filed in: USB 3.0 Delays
With Intel Corp holding the linchpin to broad USB 3.0 SuperSpeed adoption - And Apple Inc so tethered to Intel for some aspects of logic board and bridge chips these days... It would seem Apple likely to be a follower - rather than a leader in USB 3.0 adoption. Both parties seem to be dragging their feet - while other 2nd-tier PC motherboard manufacturers other than Intel are leading the way for early adopters.
What's behind the foot-dragging? In a nutshell - LIGHTPEAK - now released on Apple MacBook ThunderBolt port. Read this article at RegHardware.co.uk for some background on Intel's USB 3 delays - until 2012. And it's a deliberate stall-out to get ThunderBolt established before they jump on the USB 3.0 bandwagon (which is inevitable anyways.)
At least for Windows 7 users , and select Mac owners -- some are enjoying USB SuperSpeed's benefits with a PC compatible PCI-e or ExpressCard and some of the available USB3 external drive/enclosures.
What's behind the foot-dragging? In a nutshell - LIGHTPEAK - now released on Apple MacBook ThunderBolt port. Read this article at RegHardware.co.uk for some background on Intel's USB 3 delays - until 2012. And it's a deliberate stall-out to get ThunderBolt established before they jump on the USB 3.0 bandwagon (which is inevitable anyways.)
At least for Windows 7 users , and select Mac owners -- some are enjoying USB SuperSpeed's benefits with a PC compatible PCI-e or ExpressCard and some of the available USB3 external drive/enclosures.
