It took some time, but motherboard makers and case manufacturers have finally wised up to the concept of never having enough USB ports. It's not uncommon to see motherboards equipped with 8 USB ports, and it would take six of said motherboards to still not equal the number of ports on the 49-port Professional USB-2 Hub.
The mega-hub supports the USB 2.0 specification and includes a "separate transaction translator for every port." Each port independently comes with its own Vbus current limit, and multiple rail regulators and localized clock generators keep errant signals from mucking with data transfers.
"We engineered this professional-grade product for dependability and performance first, aimed squarely at the business user - not as a cost-driven commercial product," UK developer Cambrionix stated on the USB hub's product page.
Even still, we could see this filling a niche in the power user segment, though probably not at the £399 (about $660 USD) asking price. Can anyone else imagine stuffing the entire line of Transformers USB keys into this?
