SuperSpeed USB finally take off! Synopsys claim over 40 USB 3.0 IP sales...

SuperSpeed USB specification was released in November 2008! Even if we can see USB 3.0 powered peripherals shipping now, essentially external HDD, connected to PC equipped with Host Bus Adaptors (as PC chipset from Intel or AMD were not supporting USB 3.0), it will take up to the second quarter of 2012 before PC will be shipped with “native” USB 3.0 support; native just means that PC chipset will integrate SuperSpeed USB. This will be the key enabler for USB 3.0 wide adoption in PC & Media Tablet, Smartphone and many consumer electonic applications.

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