ARM TechCon session aims to make USB easy

Make sure to stop by @NXP's "Making USB Easy" tutorial at #ARMTechCon:

In this age, what applications can be benefited by USB3.0 while there are no other more effective ways that are also more user friendly. I am talking about wireless connectivity. Today, many applications can be served natively more effectively by WiFi or its variants. No-wire connectivity that is reliable and consistent is always more user friendly. For example, WirelessUSB was one of the worst technology ever pushed out and this came from pretty much the same folks who are now trying to brain-wash us with USB3 today. Would you trust them after the debacle of WirelessUSB and OTG (another waste of investment by the industry and consumers). For the wired connectivity, in spite of the 5Gb/s "raw" bandwidth of USB3.0, the net bandwidth is far lesser especially when compared to PCI-e 3.0 (or 4.0). Popular applications often touted by those pushing USB3.0 include HDD or SSD. But...

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