Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Rival chipmakers AMD and Nvidia step back from a threat to go their own way. The high-speed spec, due in 2009, is now 90 percent complete. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, ...

Chipmakers AMD, Nvidia, and Via Technologies—and, reportedly, other companies as well—are apparently tired of waiting for a USB 3.0 spec to be finalized, and are threatening to go off on their own ...

Ars went to IDF expecting to see at least a glimpse of USB 3.0 in action, and Intel hasn't disappointed on that front. Although the standard is still months away from deployment—if not more—Intel ...

While the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) may have certified over 50 USB 3.0 products, Intel believes it will be a couple of years before the new standard replaces its predecessor. At CeBIT, the ...

The Universal Serial Bus standard has come a long way since its introduction in 1996. Backed by a consortium of companies led by Intel, Compaq and Microsoft, it offered some unheard-of features for ...