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Intel USB 3.0 is Intel?s and no one else?s

by on05 June 2008

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Computex 08:  AMD, Nvidia SIS or VIA cannot get it


Intel has invested a lot of money to develop USB 3.0 and apparently they got it really fast and right; but word is going around Taipei that Intel simply doesn't want to share its open technology with its other chipset competitors.


This is not the first and only time, but this means that at this time you cannot expect any USB 3.0 designs based on Intel's reference spec design from anyone but Intel. The way it should work, Intel should share this technology and AMD, VIA and Nvidia would get the chance to make its own USB 3.0 chipsets.

Well, that simply is not going to happen, at least not anytime soon, as least we don’t see that happening in this year. Intel was quite specific to some of its partners where they said that Intel will be the only one with USB 3.0 for a while.

Bit OEMs and ODMs really care about check box technologies and Intel might have a huge lead over anyone else who makes chipsets. Well, that is what they want, isn’t it, and Intel is known for playing dirty as much as it wants / needs.

Last modified on 05 June 2008
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