USB Timeline

By ablaisdell
  • Creation and Production of the USB (Universal Serial Bus)

    Creation and Production of the USB (Universal Serial Bus)

    The initial creation of the USB standard was to find a means of making a standardized connector/port for devices such as mice, keyboards, peripherals, ect. The designers for of this USB were:
    -Digital Equipment Corporation
    -Compaq
    -IBM
    -Microsoft
    -Nortel
    -NEC
  • Release of USB 1.0

    Release of USB 1.0

    Data rate of 1.5 Mbit/s and 12 Mbit/s
  • Introduction of USB 1.1

    Introduction of USB 1.1

    Fixed problems with USB 1.0.
  • USB 2.0 !

    USB 2.0 !

    Released in April of 2000, USB 2.0 was considered the Hi-Speed USB and had a rate of data tranfer of up to 480 Mbit/s.
  • Mini-A and Mini-B !

    Mini-A and Mini-B !

    In octobot of 2000, Mini-A and Mini-B USB connectors were introduced.
  • Introducing Micro-USB Cable and connector

    Introducing Micro-USB Cable and connector

    In April of 2007 the Micro USB cable and connector was released. The Micro USB cable is used for charging of most cell phones now.
  • Introducing....USB 3.0!!

    Introducing....USB 3.0!!

    USB 3.0 is known as "SuperSpeed". USB 3.0 has a speed of 5 Gbit/s! USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0
  • USB 3.1 Is Here!

    USB 3.1 Is Here!

    Press released USB 3.1 in January in 2013 annoucing it now has a speed of 10 Gbit/s..This now puts it at the same speed as ThunderBolt. Known as "SuperSpeed+"