Ah, love birthday or hate them, the father is not escaped from the unconscious eyes of the time. Except in the world of computing, where most of the tech looks at the pasture, just a handful of birthday. It has one or two exceptions, though, and this year the 25th anniversary of the USB 2.0 – the universal and everywhere we see the connection system that we still cannot give up.
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is still old, as its first repetition began to appear on computers around 1996. The new port optic was very slow, though, and it was not until 1998, when Microsoft launched Windows 98 and Apple launched its IMAC, for which we began to see appropriate software and hardware support.
Since I have already said this is the 25th anniversary of USB 2.0 (thanks Highs For easy reminders), that’s very clear While He first launched. The thing that improved it better than the first version was to include a fast, 480 Mbps data transfer mode. This is allegedly the beginning of the entire dirt of the name for which USB is famous for, because the organization responsible for all of this (USB ACCOUNTS FORMUSB -f) decided that this Superfast mode should be called Speed.
Why is this dirty name? The reason for this is that in USB 1.0/1.1 very slow 12 Mbps mode Full speed. Um, when talking about speed is not faster than ‘high’? Well, it will eventually spread that USB -F is a lawyer to learn a lesson from mistakes, and eventually we will be treated with the USB version 3.0 (and a whole ‘nooter story).
The details of the USB 2.0 will be given a little further in the past years, which will include more types of connector design and battery charging items. In the case of raw capabilities, it is left behind by USB 3.0 and USB4 (yes, USB4, USB 4.0), but any new mader board is caught by a retailer’s shelf and you often see a couple of USB 2.0 ports staring at you. And it is always present in the form of a header, linked to the front IO socket in the PC case.
Because they are still in use, the reason is that they are very easy to implement in the design of the Mother Board. This peak transfer rate of 480 Mbps is much lower than that you can withdraw from the USB 3.0 or USB4 port. Not that Apple did not care when slapping the iPhone’s USB connection – so the small socket is not demanding much from the USB controller that is handling them. This particular circuit is commonly found in the primary chip set of the Mother Board.
Perhaps one thing that has been the most notorious for the humble USB port is the fact that the type-A connector (standard rectangle one) is not particularly ‘universal’-non-type C, which will work in any trend, the type-a plug only runs when the slot is filled. Just so much.
Still, after using the drains for 25 years, I still dance with my USB memory sticks three times. Try to fill it – oh no, it won’t fit! Flip it and try again. Oh no, it won’t go in! Flip the point and go to the bingo, goes into it. Everyone Single time
According to today’s tech standards, the USB 2.0 looks very history – it is not particularly fast and it does not offer too much in the path of power, but it is not just the old cut in your gaming PC. The Sata Bus Interface is also 25 years old, and the first repetition of the PCI Express is hot on its heels, which is only three years younger.
Of course, the latter is almost never used in its 1.0 configuration, and most of the PCIE 4.0 and 5.0 systems will only fall into the 3.0 or more version when switching to power -saving mode. This is a similar story with SATA, as your Mother Board will definitely use 3.4 or 3.5 details, and they are only seven and five years old, respectively.
When it comes to real old tech in your computer, the USB 2.0 rule over a lot of roast. A portion of mine wants to celebrate this fact, because I like the old things, but if you tell the truth, I will look at it instead and now get USB 3.0 as a minimum port standard. The USB 2.0 will not be in more 25 years, but I think it will be seen in this decade. Then you will meet again in five years for the 30th anniversary.
