USB Standards

  • USB 1.x

    USB 1.0 specified data rates of 1.5 Mbit/s and 12 Mbit/s. Also It did not allow for extension cables or pass-through monitors, due to timing and power limitations.
  • USB 1.1

    fixing problems identified in 1.0, mostly related to using hubs.
  • USB 2.0

    Adds higher maximum signaling rate of 480 Mbit/s. In addition to the "USB 1.x Full Speed" signaling rate of 12 Mbit/s
  • USB 3.0

    The standard defines a new SuperSpeed mode with a signaling speed of 5 Gbit/s and a usable data rate of up to 4 Gbit/s.
  • USB 3.1

    USB group revealed plans to update USB 3.0 to 10 Gbit/s