USB 2.0 Not Until 2002

1999–2004February 21, 2001Macs Only!Peripherals
according to IBM's Leo Suarez in this InfoWorld article. USB 2.0 is a FireWire competitor with a speed spec of 480 mbps, 20 per cent faster than the current FireWire spec of 400 mbps, being pushed by Intel. Hopefully by then FireWire will be doing 800 mbps. Currently, USB does only 12 mbps.

Saw something? Send a tip

The archive ran on reader tips. What did you see, where, and do you want the credit?

Read by the editor. Never published without your say.

More in Peripherals · This month in the archive