Take a look at these pictures of the new USB 3.0, due to arrive soon.  The sockets are deeper, but still backwards compatible and the new standard should transfer around 4.7Gb/s which is faster than a SATA drive.  I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting to see it reach that speed, but it is likely going to feel a lot faster than current USB 2.0 speeds.  The Register also links back to the optical version that we have seen earlier.

“USB 3.0, the upcoming version of the universal add-on standard re-engineered for the HD era, made a small appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It wasn’t demonstrated in operation, but we did get to see what the new connectors look like.”

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