Debuted on the market the first portable with USB 3.0. This new standard for communication between computers and many types of external devices, communication can increase ten times over USB 2.0. In addition, the USB 3.0 when unused consume less power thanks to a system that limits consumption.

The maximum theoretical speed of USB 3.0, thanks to SuperSpeed mode, is 4.8 Gbit / s, 600 megabytes per second, while that of Universal Serial Bus 2.0 is 480Mbits / s, ie 60 megabytes per second. There are still a few external devices with USB 3.0, but this new standard is currently being the fastest and looks like the likely winner among all interfaces. It 'true that, for example, in the case of external hard drives, the speed of data transfer also depends upon the disks, which currently does not arrive in time, so the bandwidth can not be exploited fully. However, the performance boost is very significant.

Moreover, as mentioned, the USB 3.0, thanks to the optimization of consumption, they promise a savings in both operating modes is idle, ie, when unused, which can only benefit the world of notebooks. Finally, the USB 3.0 ports maintain full backward compatibility with previous versions by integrating contacts USB 1.0 and USB 2.0 in USB 3.0 connectors.

For the moment, are still a few notebooks with USB 3.0 and are often high-end notebook or dedicated to the professional world, but the premises for this standard of communication become established quickly for the consumer notebook we all are.