Laptop Thoughts: Native USB 3.0: Intel Chief River Platform - Coming September 2011

"Intel recently notified its partner about its latest platform Chief River that adopts 22nm Ivy Bridge processors with native support of USB 3.0, according to sources from motherboard makers."

For those of us that are on the quest for native USB 3.0 (and of course devices), it's looking more and more like we'll be waiting until nearly this time next year to see Intel onboard. Intel's Chief River platform will use 22nm Ivy Bridge processors. Mass production is expected to start in September 2011 with shipping systems early in 2012, so don't throw out those USB 2.0 devices yet!