1999-02-23
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Press Releases From Customers/Partners
USB Specification Expanding, Boosting Performance 10 To 20 Times Beyond Current Capacity
Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, NEC and Philips To Lead Development
The PC industry leaders who brought Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology from concept to mainstream market acceptance within four years are
developing a next generation USB 2.0 specification that will extend performance by 10 to 20 times over existing capabilities. Compaq,
Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, NEC, and Philips will jointly lead this initiative which will enable new classes of high
performance peripherals.
The full text of this backgrounder is available from Intel's website at
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/backgrnd/cn22399c.htm
