“USB” or “universal serial bus” describes the cables, connectors and protocols used for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices.  It was designed to standardize the connection of computer peripherals—such as keyboards, digital cameras, and portable media players—to personal computers.

No doubt you might not be familiar with the Universal Serial Bus (USB), but if you do that’s great to know – Its been ranked as a top PC innovation of all time by maximumpc.

Inside the package we find the HyperX MAX 3.0 drive and a short usb 3.0 cable; both contained in a clear plastic clamshell. The HyperX MAX 3.0 is composed of aluminum casing, which is a similar shade of powder electric blue as the current Hyper X performance RAM heatsinks. Kingston’s choice of a metal case makes the HyperX MAX 3.0 more durable than plastic house external drives and also doubles as a heatsink to protect for the SSD housed within. For today’s review we will be looking at the 128 GB version of the HyperX MAX 3.0.

Remember those five new lanes we mentioned earlier? With USB 3.0, two new lanes will be dedicated to transmit data, while another pair will handle receiving data. This not only accounts for the significant speed boost, but also allows USB 3.0 to both read and write at the same time from your portable storage device. In the old spec, the pair of lanes used for data transfer weren’t split between send and receive – they only could handle traffic in one direction. Bi-directional data transfer will be very useful for syncing up information on PDAs and storage backup.

The Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle is a 10-bit HD/SD video capture/playback device that supports USB 3.0, and allows you to capture 10-bit HDMI or analog video directly from a camera onto your computer for professional editing or mere playback. With a neat, compact design, the Intensity Shuttle is very portable and easy to set up. As the input and output connections are on different sides, you can simply plug the unit in line with your existing cable setup.

Well the USB that you are probably used to is USB 2.0, this is USB 3.0, a new type of USB connection first used at the end of 2008 and starting to get more mainstream now..

Those who travel a lot on business and need to connect their laptop or netbook to peripheral equipment at different sites will find it easier to have a retractable USB lead with them, so they know they can set up the connection quickly and easily.

usb 3.0 cables are also much more efficient with power supply management.
usb 3.0 cable