Intel could set back USB 3.0 to 2011

EETimes.com are reporting that Intel might very well be trying to push USB 3.0 back a couple of years, citing sources that say most of the company's chipsets won't include the technology until well into 2011 - and without Intel behind the new standard, hardware vendors will be forced to wait due to lack of compatibility. Intel is part of the USB 3.0 Promotions Group, along with Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, NEC, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments. The technology promises speeds of up to 4.8Gbit/s, allowing the world of HD video to move further into the mainstream. Intel's Developer Forum last month brought with it a glimmer of light shining on USB 3.0 in early 2010, but that party was quickly canceled when the company said they had "shifted its plans out a year." According to the business technology site EETimes.com, Intel's PC technology manager confirmed the report, however a spokesperson for Intel told them that they had not heard of a delay and would not comment any further. Looks like Intel are having trouble balancing USB 3.0 and Nehalem... but they had best make their minds up soon to give manufacturers a head start, especially if we want any chance of seeing shiny high-speed gadgets for 2010.

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