25GB in 70 seconds with USB 3.0

[kernelhaxor]

I thought thts quite a jump in terms of speed ..
http://thefutureofthings.com/news/5739/25gb-in-70-seconds-with-usb-3-0.html

From Intel's website:
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080813corp.htm

I wonder how long it'll take before we can see devices with USB 3.0 in the mainstream market.

[mips]

For sustained throughput I will put my money on Firewire 3200 but we will have to wait and see I suppose.

[Paqman]

Surely for most tasks you're going to strike a bottleneck in storage that will prevent you from getting anywhere near those speeds?