At the start of 2008, the powers that be (Intel, Microsoft, HP & Texas amongst others) will be revealing the new specification for USB 3.0. One of the most interesting things about this new spec is the inclusion of an optical fibre in the spec for higher data transfer rates.
Along with the traditional metal wire connection (for compatibility reasons) the optical line for transferring data at speeds of 10 times more than the current USB 2.0 specs – according to the article – which would be around about the 600Mb per second mark. That works out about 2 times faster than current hard disk transfer speeds. And about 6 times faster than the fastest flash memory currently available. I guess you could argue, is it future proof enough? [SHOW ME]