The Register schrijft in dit artikel dat Intel vandaag de langverwachte 'final' specificaties voor USB 2.0 zal vrijgeven op de WinHEC. Volgens Intel is het geen directe concurrent voor de IEEE1394 (iLink / FireWire) aansluiting, al lijkt het er verdacht veel op:
USB 2.0 takes the bus' data throughput up to and beyond IEEE 1394 standards. 1394 currently runs at 400Mbps - USB 2.0 will run at 480Mbps, forty times greater than USB 1.1's 12Mbps. USB 2.0 hubs will support version 1.1 peripherals, but not vice versa.
If Gelsinger's pronouncements on USB 2.0 to date are anything to go by, he's unlikely to mention 1394, but Chipzilla's line continues to be that the two connectivity solutions are complementary, and that USB 2.0 isn't about killing off 1394.