USB 3.0 is the next major revision of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus

USB 3.0 is the next major revision of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus, Higher transfer rates up to 4.8 Gbps, New Improved power management features, USB 3.0 utilizes a bi-directional data interface rather than USB 2.0's half-duplex, USB 2.0 broadcasts packet traffic to all devices where USB 3.0 extends the bulk transfer type in Super Speed with Streams. The New connectors and cables for higher speed data transfer although they are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 devices and computers. Increased maximum bus power and increased device current draw to better accommodate power-hungry devices, Full-duplex data transfers and support for new transfer types. USB 3.0 does not define cable assembly lengths, except that it can be of any length as long as it meets all the requirements defined in the specification. The New SuperSpeed Technology bus, which provides a fourth transfer mode at 5.0 Gbit/s. SuperSpeed establishes a communications pipe between the host and each device, in a host-directed protocol