Buffalo ships world’s first USB 3.0 hard disk drives this month

It’s fine to announce USB 3.0 gear, but it’s another thing entirely to actually put it up for retail. Buffalo’s making the boast today that its HD-HU3 series of USB 3.0 hard disks will be the “world’s first!!” to ship. Since a USB 3.0 device is pointless without a controller to support it, Buffalo will also make NEC’s ¥5,300 (about $60) IFC-PCIE2U3 2-port PCI Expressx1 host controller available with its hard drives when they ship late October in Japan, almost a month before Freecom’s disks hit the market. The 1TB and 1.5TB drives will cost ¥20,000 (about $225) and ¥25,300 (about $284), respectively, with a ¥46,600 (about $523) 2TB disk coming sometime later. Imagine it, soon you’ll be able to take advantage of those USB 3.0 cables you bought back in April. Controller after the break.

[Via Engadget Japanese]

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