Product Description
-Universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 is complete overhaul of universal serial bus input/output bus protocol
-Allows much higher speeds than the older USB 1.1 standard
-Broaden the range of external peripherals that can be used on a computer
-Hard drive can easily hit the USB 1.1 bottleneck whereas its now becomes more 'usable' under USB 2.0 conditions
-USB 2.0 has raw data rate at 480Mbps and it is rated 40 times faster than its predecessor interface, USB 1.1, tops at 12Mbps
-Originally, USB 2.0 was intended to go only as fast as 240Mbps, but in October 1999, USB 2.0 promoter group pumped up the speed to 480Mbps
-One 28AWG twisted pair (data) and two power conductors