Intel motherboard producers began to update their products on base of Intel p55 chipset, equipping them with discrete controllers USB 3.0 from NEC productions . Some motherboard acquired by the separate expansions card with USB 3.0 controller.
Associates already reported that USB 3.0 support will be inculcated in Intel chipset only in 2011. However, this external disk with the USB 3.0 interface already appeared . According to the estimations of specialists, the cost of one port USB 3.0 realization is five times higher than USB 2.0 port.
Associates with the reference to the anonymous source among important computers producers reported that Intel company actually detained USB 3.0 introduction in its chipset up to 2011, although it initially planned to introduce the support of this interface in the beginning of 2010. In 2010 the propagation sphere of USB 3.0 will be limited to only high end models of graphic stations and consumer desktop systems. USB 3.0 will also appear in the expensive notebook, since the prototypes of corresponding solutions have been already demonstrated.