During the late summer of 2009 USB 3.0 (also dubbed as Superspeed USB) will start to appear in the market. The now ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus was first launched in 1996 with USB 1.0 which in turn was subsequently upgraded to USB 2.0 in April 2000. The upgrade to USB 3.0 will see much higher data transfer speeds of up to 4.8Gbps supported and the cables and interface will support the deliver of more power.

USB 3.0 Logo

But, the important news is that USB 3.0 will be backwards compatible with USB 1.x and USB 2.0. So all existing USB products will work on any PC running USB 3.0 or using USB 3.0 cables.

Any branded USB Memory sticks or promotional USB Flash Drives purchased now, or in the market now will continue to work quite happily post the introduction of USB 3.0.

Eventually there will be a new generation of USB 3.0 memory sticks that will take advantage of the greater transfer speeds supported by USB 3.0 but these are unlikely to be available until 2010 and for the first couple of years the cost is likely to be prohibitive for promotional use.

Tags: branded, branded sticks, Branded USB, Custom USB, usb 3.0

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