Nearly a decade after USB 2.0 was first introduced, this practically ubiquitous technology is poised for its first major upgrade in years. Symwave, a semiconductor startup, and hard-drive maker ...

When you’re in front of your PC, waiting for something to trans fer to removable media, that’s when seconds feel like minutes, and minutes feel like hours. And data storage scenarios such as that one ...

In the last 14 years, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) has become the standard interface to connect devices to a computer. Whether it’s an external hard drive, a camera, the mouse, a printer, or a ...

Our full review of the iPad Pro covers a lot of ground, but there is one small item that escaped our notice. When iFixit tore the device apart, it found a USB 3.0 controller, and Apple has confirmed ...

In a USB function – an embedded device with a USB interface – there is a USB peripheral controller chip. As shown in Figure 2, this chip has two key functions: it interfaces to the USB system ...

The USB Type-C connector and power delivery (PD) specification has brought radical changes to the mobile device industry, and USB Type-C PD 3.0 could optimize battery charging for portable devices.

When new USB standards come around, they always talk about backwards compatibility. E.g., the new 4.0 spec says "…Backward compatibility with USB 3.2, USB 2.0…". Having no USB 1.0 or 1.1 devices handy ...