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/ Adam Richardson

USB 2.0 Announced

USB 2.0 has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

USB 2.0 has been announced, and the pitch is now loose in the wild for PC and console players to start arguing about.

The useful part: The achievement is anticipated to further build on the momentum of USB into more demanding user applications, such as image creation and interactive gaming.The target speed of USB 2.0 is 480 Megabits per second (Mbs), as announced by the USB 2.0 Promoter Group, consisting of Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, NEC and Philips. The target speed announcement coincides with the release of the USB 2.0 specification draft to industry developers here. File it under the usual 1999 PC pile: interesting, crowded, and probably fighting five other releases for attention.