Re: DEATH OF USB & Firewire PORTS, and what USB/Firewire to expect in meanwhile

On Mon, 24 May 2010 23:21:45 -0500, "Stan Starinski"
<China@stealsUSJobsPatentsSoftwareMusicVideo> wrote:

>Current USB standard is increasingly 3.0, not 2.0.
>Firewire800, not 400; regardless of all else Firewire is always better for
>Video editing as it adds extra commands taylored for video devices control.
>For general data USB3 controllers are ALREADY extremely cheap for desktops,
>even for laptops - the card is $30 to $40
>
>But why do I say it may die?
>I don't mean it will die in a sense like people thought TV will kill radio.
>Copper wire is still irreplaceable in many applications, especially
>cost-sensitive ones.
>
>But the new era is coming up and I am excited b/c worked with world's BEST
>RF-over-Fiberoptic things which cannot detail here due to confidentiality.
>
>Intel is readying cheap fiberoptics to replace your copper/other metal wire
>transmission links in USB, Firewire, DisplayPort, and such.
>
>It's called:
>"LIGHT PEAK" (name may change once released to market).


It tells all about it at

http://techresearch.intel.com/articles/None/1813.htm


Part of the article says:


Light Peak Overview

Light Peak is the code-name for a new high-speed optical cable
technology designed to connect your electronic devices to each other.
Light Peak delivers high bandwidth starting at 10Gb/s with the
potential ability to scale to 100Gb/s over the next decade. At 10Gb/s,
you could transfer a full-length Blu-Ray movie in less than 30
seconds. Optical technology also allows for smaller connectors and
longer, thinner, and more flexible cables than currently possible.
Light Peak also has the ability to run multiple protocols
simultaneously over a single cable, enabling the technology to connect
devices such as peripherals, displays, disk drives, docking stations,
and more.

Existing electrical cable technology in mainstream computing devices
is approaching practical limits for speed and length, due to
electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and other issues. However, optical
technology, used extensively in data centers and telecom
communications, does not have these limitations since it transmits
data using light instead of electricity. Light Peak brings this
optical technology to mainstream computing and consumer electronic
devices in a cost-effective manner.