16 Jun
2013
16 Jun
'13
1:19 p.m.
On 06/15/2013 01:04 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
What one earth has the data transfer rate got to do with the fact that an
interface supports multiple peripherals?
Since 4Gbits is comparable to all the storage I have on all my computers,
I do wonder why on earth I would want to pass all that data donw one cable
in a seconmd or so.
And actuiallym this is one of the problems with USB IMHO. Becuase it
claims ot be universal (it can be used with any peripheral, I guess
that's what 'universal reall means here) and supports a high data rate it
is over-complex both electriclaly and logically. For many applications
the added complexity is a right pain. there are simpler interfaces which
do the job as well if not better.
-tony
And the 'ability to chain it' is hardly
unique to USB. HPIB (GPIB
IEEE-488), HPIL, HP-HIL, etc coulds all support multiple periperhals on
one interface.
That's funny--I've never heard any claims by any of the promulgators of
the above-named interfaces about being able to transfer data at 4.0/3.2
Gbit/sec, but for USB.