The introduced in 2008 USB 3.0 interface is still gaining momentum, and its further promotion, to some extent will contribute the native support of chipsets from Intel and AMD. Intel is trying to promote Thunderbolt interface , who can work with optical channels of information transmission. AMD, is ready to offer an alternative interface Lightning Bolt, relying on the use of copper conductors.
What kind of high-speed interfaces will become the most popular? German colleagues are sure that Thunderbolt in this respect have no future. Expensive infrastructure and complicated procedure of certification limits the spread of Thunderbolt.
Much more prospects, according to colleagues are at the interface USB 4.0. It should be compatible with all previous versions USB, as well as offer information on the optical transmission channels. In this case, the data transmission rate can reach 25 Gb / s.