Official video demo Windows 8 native support for USB 3.0

  

With the approach of Microsoft's BUILD conference, more features of Windows 8 have been made public. Microsoft announced today on its official blog that Windows 8 will natively support the USB 3.0 standard. Although USB 3.0 is currently only available on new PCs and laptops, Microsoft believes that by 2015, all PCs will have USB 3.0 ports.
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The data transfer speed theory after USB 3.0 can reach 5 Gbit/s, which will be more than the current USB 2.0 port (480 Mbit/s) 10 times faster, which means you can complete a copy of your HD movie in 30 seconds.

In the video, Microsoft demonstrated the copying of 2GB video files and 1GB photos. Windows 8 can be completed in a few seconds. Microsoft also humorously said that when you back up files, don't blink your eyes, because this work is over. . At the end of the video, Microsoft also compared the differences between USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.

Windows 8 adopted the USB 3.0 specification at the beginning of development, but Microsoft has developed a new USB software stack that is backward compatible with existing USB 2.0 devices.



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