The USB 3.0 specification was released on Novemby the USB 3.0 Promoter Group. Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft, NEC, and Philips jointly led the initiative to develop a higher data transfer rate than the 1.0 specification (480 Mbit/s vs 12 Mbit/s). The USB 2.0 specification was released in April 2000 and was standardized by the USB-IF at the end of 2001. USB was created by a core group of companies that consisted of Compaq, Digital, IBM, Intel, Northern Telecom, and Microsoft.
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It was intended to replace the multitude of connectors at the back of PCs, as well as to simplify software configuration of communication devices. The USB 1.0 specification was introduced in 1996. On June 12, 2008, all amendments to the standard were incorporated into a superseding standard IEEE Std. Apple's development began in the late 1980s, later presented to the IEEE, and was completed in 1995.
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Tiny Dinosaur USBs (click to enlarge) History and Development of FireWire vs USB History of FireWireįireWire was developed by the IEEE P1394 Working Group, largely driven by contributions from Apple, although major contributions were also made by engineers from Texas Instruments, Sony, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, and INMOS/SGS Thomson (now STMicroelectronics).Īpple intended FireWire to be a serial replacement for the parallel SCSI bus while providing connectivity for digital audio and video equipment.