Faster USB 3.2 Will Be Available On Desktop PCs This Year

The ultra-fast USB 3.2 format may have been technically ready for almost two years now but it appears that it may finally be coming to desktop PCs. This, according to the USB-IF standards body, which has confirmed that USB 3.2 compatible controllers are going to be available later this year.

They will be coming to desktop PCs because that’s where dedicated controllers are most widely present. This seemingly ordinary port will enable users to move data at speeds of up to 20Gbps.

The controllers themselves can’t do much unless there are compatible motherboards. Those aren’t expected to arrive most likely before the second half of the year because that’s when PC component manufacturers tend to release updates for their hardware.

Even that doesn’t form the entire picture. Once you have the controllers and the motherboards, you require peripherals that can leverage the improvements that USB 3.2 brings. It’s unclear when we’ll start seeing those but all of this is likely going to happen within months of each other. So manufacturers should start putting compatible peripherals out in the market around the same time that motherboards with support for USB 3.2 do.

One thing’s for sure, though, once it all becomes commonplace this standard is going to make ultra-fast speeds much more attainable as the faster Thunderbolt 3 standard hasn’t become that widespread.

Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Computers
Tags: USB 3.2