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The anatomy of USB 2.0
Well , after cutting up a firewire card it's time to look at USB 2.0. The Universal serial Bus or USB for short has been around for a while now. Originally conceived to facilitate the connection of peripherals it has been adopted by almost any computer vendor.
USB Past present and future.
The original idea was founded by a group called the CATC. or Computer Access Technology. All important computer makers were present, Dell, IBM Compaq, as well as processor and software vendors such as Intel, AMD, Microsoft. An original proposal was called the ACCES bus and loosely based on the I2C protocol. I2C is a protocol used for communication between chips. A pin for pin compatible chip was created that could replace the keyboard controller of the then common motherboards ( we are talking 386 era here ).
It soon turned out that this was impractical. However, the gained experience and know how led to the development of USB1.0. It was not until the advent of the Pentium processor and chipset's that USB started to b put on the motherboards. Pretty soon the first devices appeared.
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