A USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Mouse? Why They Make Sense
17/07/09 12:35 Filed in: USB 3 Hardware
You might think it crazy to develop a 4.8 Gigabit Per Second USB 3.0 mouse or keyboard with SuperSpeed USB3 cord on it. I mean really! Even USB 1.1 was fine for slow, low-speed peripherals like keyboards, trackpads and mice - heck, even USB computer speakers work fine on a slow USB 1.1 port!
So why would you even want - let alone need - a SuperSpeed interface on a pokey device? Here's why - and I don't think it's too far off... Imagine that mouse was also had a flash memory SSD Solid-State backup disk drive inside! Because even today you could easily fit 256GB of SSD memory chips inside the case of a full size mouse. Or a SSD inside a USB 3 keyboard would be just as doable. You wouldn't need that big slab of an external 3.5" hard drive cluttering up your desktop anymore!
So imagine that: An ultra-fast solid-state USB 3.0 Solid-State backup drive that also doubled as a mouse. Or a high-speed camera card-reader slot like some mice already have. Or a multi-function All In One USB 3.0 peripheral, all in the palm of your hand. It's only a matter of time...
So why would you even want - let alone need - a SuperSpeed interface on a pokey device? Here's why - and I don't think it's too far off... Imagine that mouse was also had a flash memory SSD Solid-State backup disk drive inside! Because even today you could easily fit 256GB of SSD memory chips inside the case of a full size mouse. Or a SSD inside a USB 3 keyboard would be just as doable. You wouldn't need that big slab of an external 3.5" hard drive cluttering up your desktop anymore!
So imagine that: An ultra-fast solid-state USB 3.0 Solid-State backup drive that also doubled as a mouse. Or a high-speed camera card-reader slot like some mice already have. Or a multi-function All In One USB 3.0 peripheral, all in the palm of your hand. It's only a matter of time...
