USB 3.0 Supports Windows 8

Microsoft confirmed that Windows 8 will fully support devices that use USB 3.0. However, the software giant is still going to continue their support for earlier USB specification.

Dennis Flanagan, director of program management in the division for Devices and Networking Microsoft explain this via an official Microsoft blog. He mentioned, the USB 3.0 standard will be 10 times faster than its predecessor, USB 2.0. Its competitors, Apple has chosen to pick a faster standard Thunderbolt.

"The decision to invest for USB 3.0 is very easy to do, but to do so without sacrificing existing USB ecosystem is a major challenge to be faced," writes Flanagan, as reported by Mashable and quoted on Tuesday (23/08/2011).

"Our design has been correctly followed the standard specifications of USB 3.0 to enable support for USB 3.0 hardware. There are billions of USB devices that must be pursued Windows to be compatible," he added.

To make USB 3.0 work with the latest generation of Windows, Flanagan said his company began working with hardware makers to design the latest USB software carefully, while maintaining interfaces and behaviors that have been there and ensure each device and drivers can work.