USB Keys

USB Keys

1. Universal Serial Bus

   • common interface

2. 1994- seven companies united to begin the development of USB

   • 1995-340 companies formed the USB Implementation Forum
     • 1996- more than 500 USB products were already developing around the world
       • 1997- USB Implementation Forum became richer with 60 more companies
         • 1998- USB becomes the most popular technology on the market of electronics
           • 2000-the introduction of USB 2.0. Today is represents the most widely used USB device
             • 2005- USB becomes wireless
               • 2008- USB 3.0 is introduced. 10 times faster than USB 2.0
                 • 2013- USB 3.1 is introduced. Twice as fast as USB 3.0
                   • 2015- USB Type-C is introduced. It is a reversible connector

3. Dov Moran-inventor

4. a plug-and-play portable storage device

   • "hot swapping"-device can be plugged and unplugged while the power is on

5. uses flash memory

6. over 6 billion USB devices around the world

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