Gigabyte Blitzes Market with 1 Million USB 3.0 Motherboard Shipments
Gigabyte Blitzes Market with 1 Million USB 3.0 Motherboard Shipments
Posted 03/22/2010 at 10:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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Gigabyte is apparently taking this whole USB 3.0 specification thing pretty seriously. As a result, the company claims it has shipped 1 million USB 3.0-capable motherboards, capturing 1/3 of global USB 3.0 market share in the process.
"Reaching the 1 million USB 3.0 products mark is a testament to Gigabyte's strategy of innovating for the high-end product category, and then driving those innovations down through our product line quicker than our competitors in order to boost sales volumes," said Henry Kao, Senior Vice President, Motherboard Business Unit, Gigabyte.
It's also a testament to Gigabyte's rise in the enthusiast community, though the company's USB 3.0 offerings have been spread out among a range of motherboards, including Intel's X58, P55, H57, H55, P45, and P43 chipsets, and AMD's 790FX, 790X, 770, and 785G chipsets.
USB 3.0 ups the ante with transfer rates up to 5Gbps, which is up to 10x faster than that of Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0).
Image Credit: Gigabyte
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I Jedi
March 22, 2010 at 5:21pm
I am planning on building a new computer within the next six, or so months from now, moreoever, the announcement that USB 3.0 is now getting underway with some manufactures is great to hear. I can only hope that S.S.D. prices continue to fall faster in price as time goes on, and that the adoption for USB 3.0 standard continues to also get more widely adopted.
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