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USB data transfer is about to get a hell of a lot faster. The USB Promoter Group is rolling out SuperSpeed USB, a supplement to USB 3.0 due out later this year that should surge your speeds two-fold.
SuperSpeed USB is supposed to give you 10 Gbps USB data rate, which is the same as Thunderbolt. It’s also expected to feature better data encoding for transfers, more efficiency power efficient ports, and best of all, compatibility with existing devices. Later this year when you download a movie or a CD, it could take much less time thanks to the new standard. [BusinessWire]
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“10 Gbps USB data rate, which is the same as Thunderbolt.”
No its not, Thunderbolt [1] is 100Gbps in both directions, its the current cables that only support 10Gbps both ways.
Also I believe this 10Gbps USB is one way only.