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From the News Desk
Friday, 13. June 2008
Intel Declines Accusation for Withholding USB 3.0 Host Controller Specs
Intel has announced to make the specification for a USB 3.0 host controller freely available during the second half of this year. The company made this announcement following accusations by AMD and nForce board maker NVIDIA that Intel was deliberately withholding details of the host controller for USB to give its own products an edge.
Intel hopes to disprove these claims by arguing that it's part of a larger group promoting the format and that it has no financial incentive to hold back on the host controller itself.
"There has been a lot of unanswered speculation recently regarding USB 3.0 and Intel's involvement; I thought it was about time to set the record straight," said Intel spokesman Nick Knupffer in the company's blog.
Knupffer also added that the company just wants to make sure the specification is robust enough to prevent any major hardware conflicts. He adds that the entire spec will be available for free later in 2008.
USB 3.0 will be a new faster version of the popular standard for attaching hardware such as digital cameras, music players, external hard drives, and other devices to computers. Knupffer says there are two separate development efforts. The main USB 3.0 specification is being developed by the USB 3.0 promotion group, which includes major companies like HP, Intel, MSFT, NEC, NXP, and Texas Instruments as members.
Intel hopes to disprove these claims by arguing that it's part of a larger group promoting the format and that it has no financial incentive to hold back on the host controller itself.
"There has been a lot of unanswered speculation recently regarding USB 3.0 and Intel's involvement; I thought it was about time to set the record straight," said Intel spokesman Nick Knupffer in the company's blog.
Knupffer also added that the company just wants to make sure the specification is robust enough to prevent any major hardware conflicts. He adds that the entire spec will be available for free later in 2008.
USB 3.0 will be a new faster version of the popular standard for attaching hardware such as digital cameras, music players, external hard drives, and other devices to computers. Knupffer says there are two separate development efforts. The main USB 3.0 specification is being developed by the USB 3.0 promotion group, which includes major companies like HP, Intel, MSFT, NEC, NXP, and Texas Instruments as members.
