USB 3.0 data transfer demonstrated at IDF

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 21st 2008 at 8:47AM Now that you know everything there is to know about the forthcoming rendition of your favorite port, there's just one little question left to be answered: how does it perform in the real world? Fresco Logic demonstrated a data transfer using the Yes, faster than SATA. Your average SATA hard drive stays around 60MBps read speed (which can vary quite a bit depending on several factors). USB 2.0 flash drives typically run anywhere from 10MBps to 30MBps (usually closer to 10 unless you put some cash down for a nicer drive). This is a little better than half of the rated speed of USB... [read full story]