While Intel is being rumored for delaying USB 3.0 chipset supporting chipsets, Nvidia has confirmed it and dropped a bomb. Brian Burke, an Nvidia spokesperson, in an email interaction with TGDaily, stated that Intel is postponing USB 3.0 introduction plans to 2011. Besides that, Burke boasted that Nvidia's nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's chipsets.

As per recent speculations, Intel was believed to have pushed USB 3.0 supporting chipsets way beyond 2010. Nvidia won't be producing any chipsetse for Intel platform until the legal squabble between them is solved. At the moment, motherboard makers like Asus and Gigabyte are adding discrete USB 3.0 controllers for to their new Intel platform-based motherboards.

Burke stated, "With no competition in chipsets, it seems Intel has decided that innovation is not needed for USB any time soon." While Intel takes it own time to chart out plans for USB 3.0 supporting chipsets, AMD should grab opportunity and roll out USB 3.0 supporting motherboards.

Intel might be holding USB 3.0 to monopolize on Light Peak technology that was showed at the Intel Developer Forum 2009. A single optic fiber cable would serve as universal connector for the computer and other gadgets. Intel is looking forward to standardize this fiber optic technology that will replace several connectors like USB, HDMI, DVI, FireWire, DisplayPort, et al.

So far, the specifications of the Light Peak technology aren't clear and Intel is getting it standardized through USB Implementers Forum. Still, it's unsure whether the fiber optic cable would require a computer to work just like USB does. Many more questions arise of which major is whether Intel is trying to replace all possible connection interfaces with Light Peak technology. Let's wait and see what Intel has on its Agenda.