Acknowledgement of USB 3.0 Technical Contribution
1 Introduction
1.1 Motivation.................................................................................................................1-1
1.2 Objective of the Specification...................................................................................1-2
1.3 Scope of the Document............................................................................................1-2
1.4 USB Product Compliance.........................................................................................1-2
1.5 Document Organization............................................................................................1-3
1.6 Design Goals............................................................................................................1-3
1.7 Related Documents..................................................................................................1-3
2 Terms and Abbreviations
3 SuperSpeed USB Architectural Overview
3.1 USB 3.0 Overview....................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1 SuperSpeed Architecture Overview........................................................3-2
3.1.1.1 Physical Layer.................................................................3-2
3.1.1.2 Link Layer........................................................................3-3
3.1.1.3 Protocol Layer.................................................................3-3
3.1.1.4 Hubs................................................................................3-4
3.1.1.5 Power Management........................................................3-5
3.2 USB 3.0 System.......................................................................................................3-5
3.2.1 Comparing SuperSpeed USB to USB 2.0 ..............................................3-5
3.2.2 System Level Topology ..........................................................................3-7
3.2.
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