



ASUS' close relationship with ASMedia allows them to approach the market in two different ways - either by an onboard controller or via a bundled PCIe card.Īt this point in time, all the implementations from ASUS will be via the Type-A interface. As far as we can tell there are a handful of IC manufactures that can provide controllers to be placed in products, but ASMedia are more ready than others to actually sell the components. Nevertheless, motherboard manufacturers want to tackle this head on. Even then, with a ubiquity of ports available, it takes time for the devices to appear in the market with sufficient quantity to become cost effective for all but the early adopters. But as with USB 3.0 we will first start to see USB 3.1 adopted on PCIe cards and extra controllers first on desktops followed by high end laptops before it becomes part of the chipset standard. The ASUS Plan Of AttackĪs we expressed in our previous piece, USB 3.1 adoption will take an excruciating long time, especially as USB 3.0 is only now reaching price party with USB 2.0. We stuck the card in the Rampage V Extreme to run the numbers with an ASUS dual mSATA USB 3.1 enclosure. To add to our recent testing, ASUS is today announcing the launch of their USB 3.1 PCIe card along with a variety of motherboard bundles either featuring onboard USB 3.1 or a bundled USB 3.1 card. All the recent talk has had a heavy sprinkling about thoughts, opinions and implementations of USB 3.1.

