USB 3.0 early adopters will begin testing the next-generation peripheral interconnect (known as SuperSpeed USB) later this year. Promising ten times the speed of USB 2.0 and backward compatibility with legacy USB devices, product verification teams testing these chipsets will face numerous hurdles along the way. Mike Micheletti LeCroy Protocol Solutions Group SuperSpeed USB Protocol Verification Probing at 5Gbps U SB 3.0 early adopters will begin testing the next-generation peripheral interconnect (known as SuperSpeed USB) later this year. Promising ten times the speed of USB 2.0 and backward compatibility with legacy USB devices, product verification teams testing these chipsets will face numerous hurdles along the way. Early USB 3.0 developers cite the shortage of native SuperSpeed PHY chips as well as sophisticated physical……