For those needing a controller for the first of the USB 3.0 Drives that have started to come out.

The VIA VL810 SuperSpeed Hub Controller

(Credit: VIA

When USB 3.0 was demonstrated by Intel last year, I was really excited. Now the wait is really over.

The VIA group unveiled Monday the world’s first USB 3.0 Hub Controller, the VIA VL810 SuperSpeed. This is the industry’s first integrated single-chip solution that supports the higher transfer rates of the new USB 3.0 specification.

And here’s the reason why I’ve been so excited: USB 3.0 (aka SuperSpeed USB, as opposed to the HighSpeed USB or USB 2.0) allows for a maximum data transfer rate of up to 5Gbps, which is 10 times the throughput available to USB 2.0-based devices, making it the fastest connection to date for computer peripheral. In order to support this, the USB 3.0 cable is substantially thicker than that of USB 2.0 and contains six wires rather than two.

USB 3.0 is also full duplex, meaning it can upload and download simultaneously at the same speed (USB 2.0 …Read the full post at CNET’s CES 2010 blog