Buffalo's Minimalist 4-port USB 3.0 Hub
It will be a while before people may need USB 3.0 hubs, but Buffalo always likes to plan ahead. The Japanese branch of the Buffalo peripheral manufacturer has already shipping the world's first 4-port USB 3.0 hub. The rectangular box houses 4 forward-pointing SuperSpeed USB ports for all the prohibitively expensive flash drives and SSDs. Also, 4 LED indicators glow through the top glossy surface to show you port activity. It isn't clear as of this writing whether the the LED will change color when the hub detects USB 2.0 devices.
Buffalo did mention multi-TT which is something born in the early days of USB 2.0 for hubs to accommodate multiple full-speed gadgets (i.e. headsets, speakers, high-end gaming keyboards), but there doesn't seem to be a USB 3.0 version of multi-TT yet. So, if this Buffalo hub surprises to allow multiple Hi-speed USB devices (e.g. HDTV tuners, most external storage) to operate concurrently without suffering from any bandwidth bottleneck, that would make a USB 3.0 upgrade very appealing.
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