ASUS boards the USB 3.0/SATA 6Gbps train

Robert Hallock (Thrax) ASUS has announced today the impending launch of P55 mainboards sporting SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 connectivity.

November 4, 2009 3:44 AM ET in News, , , , , ,

asus_p7p55dIn the wake of Gigabyte’s USB 3.0/SATA 6Gbps announcement, ASUS has announced today the impending launch of P55 mainboards sporting the same connectivity options.

ASUS today announces a range of enhanced motherboard solutions that deliver true USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s data throughput. The ASUS Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Series motherboards feature onboard support while the ASUS Xtreme Design P7P55D Series utilize ASUS U3S6 PCIe x4 expansion cards to deliver the latest USB and SATA data transfer capabilities. Equipped with the Intel® P55 Express chipset, the P7P55D-E / P7P55D Series support the latest LGA 1156 socket for Intel® Core™ i7/Core™ i5 Processors. Additionally, they also feature exclusive Hybrid Technology—Hybrid Processor, Hybrid Phase, and Hybrid OS—offering intelligent performance enhancements, active cooling, and rapid online access.

With two of the world’s largest mobo makers preparing products with the new I/O specs, it seems nobody is interested in waiting on Intel which has delayed USB 3.0 support until 2011.

8 Comments:

  1. Walt Sorensen
    4 Nov '09, 4:23 pm

    It's great to see these new boards coming out with USB3 and SATA3. But we still don't see anyone making AMD based mobos with these new i/o.

    and the number of I/O devices for USB3 and SATA3 is nearly 0. So does it matter? I think yes, as it will give a longer usable life to any mobo that has USB3 and SATA3. Sadly we have to wait on PCIe3 in 2Q2010 before the mobos will really have a longer usable life.

  2. Thrax
    4 Nov '09, 4:30 pm

    Welcome back, Walt. You might be happy to know that AMD is updating its chipsets very soon, and that means mobos with USB3/SATA6 aren't far behind.

  3. Walt Sorensen
    4 Nov '09, 4:39 pm

    Robert, It's nice to come back to sites that have good content =D

    Thanks, that's great news, That will give a great upgrade path for my old AMD system. Now we just need to wait for PCIe3, and devices to support the new I/O standards. (I'm holding out for PCIe3 and the first i9's)

  4. Joe blow
    11 Nov '09, 10:24 pm

    Yeah... just in time for all the newly released USB 3.0 products!
    They are trying to get you to buy it by putting this on it. Apple will come out with it once there are products that are supporting it and besides... Apple will have Light Bridge which SMOKES this!
    As usual... PC's suck!

  5. shwaip
    11 Nov '09, 10:27 pm

    Thank you for the detailed and insightful analysis.

  6. Thrax
    11 Nov '09, 10:29 pm

  7. revorocks
    14 Nov '09, 3:55 pm

    Win.

    Why do Apple users always have to try and put PC's down... I can't belive you said that!
    "They are trying to get you to buy it by putting this on it."...Hypocrite! lmao, that is what APPLE do, this is just a motherboard. Not a computer.

  8. photodude
    15 Nov '09, 2:22 pm

    Apple is just an OS and software platform. It's not a computer...you can spec a xeon workstation with an intel server mobo that is the 100% the same as a new MACpro for hardware. The biggest difference is in the UI. I guess MAC junkies don't know what's under the hood.

    It's better to have a new mobo that supports emerging products then to have a platform wait until the products forces addition of new standards.

    Apple could have killed USB with Firewire 800 but they changed the connector, They could have changed the market with Firewire 3200 in 2008, but almost no one wanted to adopt it. As for lightbridge is just a poorly implemented extension of FW3200 that currently still connects to a fw3200 bridge. Lightbridge will only have an impact if 2 things happen. 1) a majority of manufactures need to adopt it, 2) it has to become it's own bridge. by mid 2011 usb3 will rule both apple and PC with a minor share of the market using FW3200 and almost nothing using lightbridge

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