USB hit the scene 30 years ago this month - we look back on its journey to standardization success

In 1996, the first USB design (USB 1.0) hit the market, and it eventually became the industry standard - albeit with a few ...
EDN

USB History and Direction

I've said it before and I'll say it again: “It's a funny old world sometimes!” The reason I say this is that I occasionally post a “provocative” blog to which I expect to see a lot of feedback… and ...
Inverse

USB-C: why old cables are being relegated to the trash can of history

Buyers of Apple’s newest iPhones may have been left in a state of confusion. When the devices hit stores last month, there was a quiet divide between models: the $699 iPhone 11 came with a standard ...
Ars Technica

A brief history of USB, what it replaced, and what has failed to replace it

"The biggest problem with FireWire was that it was more expensive to implement, requiring its own controller chips in both computers and peripherals." Errr, USB requires its own controller chips on ...
Ars Technica

A brief history of USB, what it replaced, and what has failed to replace it

One thing I have always wondered is why there needs to be an interstage "stage". Couldn't the interstage equipment just be the top portion of the bottom stage? Obviously there is some reason because ...