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Yesterday the new superspeed USB standard, USB 3.0, took a big step closer to becoming a reality for consumers as The USB Implementers Forum announced a new certification program and premiered a logo to be put on all USB 3.0 compliant devices.

Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president and chair said…

The availability of the Compliance and Certification program is a significant milestone, and means consumers are one step closer to seeing certified SuperSpeed USB products on store shelves. When consumers see the SuperSpeed USB logo, they will have the assurance that the product interoperates with existing USB 2.0 products and provides all the speed and power efficiency enhancements that SuperSpeed USB offers, while continuing the ease-of-use consumers have come to expect from USB.

The new USB standard will be going head to head with eSata technology, as USB 3.0 has a data speed of about 5 Gbits a second as opposed to USB 2.0 which moves at about 480 Mbits a second. Therefore we can expect to see USB 3.0 being used for tech like external Hard Drives, media centers and optical drives as opposed to keyboards, mice or desktop gadgets.

However…we can’t expect to see it just YET. IDC estimates that in 2013, about 30 percent of all USB devices will be using USB 3.0.

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