Subscriber Account active since. USB is now considered the de facto standard for connecting different devices, but it was met with a lukewarm response when Bhatt first pitched the idea to tech companies, including Apple and Microsoft, in the early '90s.
It was a smart idea, basically creating a single connector that bypassed the need for a separate floppy disk or driver to install each application. But companies had an inherent fear of breaking the existing compatibility functions, Bhatt said, and only Intel — the company he was working for at the time — was bold enough to make the investment in his idea. I have nothing to complain. Although Intel first backed the idea and began to build support for it into its chips, it was Apple that first shipped a USB-compatible product for end users — the iMac G3 in August Bhatt may have missed out on a chance to make hundreds of millions of dollars on this, but he believes his contribution to the overall computer industry is what makes up for it.
The basic premise was to make the PC easier for regular users, and expand the overall PC market, and the USB certainly helped the cause. So is there ever going to be another technology that becomes as ubiquitous as the USB? Bhatt thinks he found one: the stylus. Bhatt is currently working with 35 companies to create a standard for stylus pens, so they could all work under one universal technology. That means an Apple stylus pen could be used in a Microsoft Surface, and vice versa, if his vision is realized.
Whether all the competing companies agree on the need for a common stylus is another matter. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. He was born on 6.
He began his career with Intel and has contributed to the company's growth. Interestingly, Bhatta's greatest invention so far was the result of technical problems, as was the case with Dov Moran. Moreover, both ideas have a lot in common. The standard now known to almost everyone was developed thanks to Bhatt's wife. One day she wanted to print school materials for her child.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be a big challenge due to, inter alia, limited ability to connect computers with peripherals. Individual manufacturers used different types of connectors, which forced the purchase of dedicated peripherals. Bhatta then decided to develop a common, convenient, and universal system. He presented his idea to many companies, including Apple, but only Intel decided to develop the concept. You probably don't need to be reminded of how the USB story ended.
Already in the second half of the s, this standard was used by both Apple and Microsoft, and today these connectors are displacing almost all other solutions, not only for consumer electronics, but also for industrial electronics. Naturally, USB connectors have evolved considerably over the years , but the idea of making computer technology more accessible, which was behind their invention, has remained the same.
Interestingly, it had not only a technological but also a financial dimension. The USB creator himself did not receive any direct gratifications for his idea, while Intel made the technology widely available from the very beginning.
In an interview, Bhatt explained this approach by stating that if the market for computers grows and becomes more accessible with his invention, his company will sell more products, and that is the biggest profit.
Apart from USB, Bhatt developed other technologies. He was involved in the development of many other solutions that Intel later introduced to the market. These include, for example, the AGP bus, which influenced the performance of graphics cards, and its "successor", the PCI Express connection.
In total, Bhatt has obtained over patents and continues to work on solutions to make technology more accessible and user-friendly. Looking at the consumer devices available on the shelves of computer and electronics shops, it is difficult to imagine modern electronic equipment without the USB standard. Above all, it has become one of the primary methods of powering phones or tablets etc.
USB chargers , are required by most mobile devices, games consoles, single-board computers — it is also no longer surprising to see a USB port in a car. Many of us have probably experienced the "curse" of abundance when looking for the right USB cable in a drawer full of cables. There are countless adapters , plugs , extension cables , and other accessories for USB to USB connection available in the market.
And although the small differences between the variants can be irritating, especially for those less interested in the development of electronics - choosing the right solution that will ensure reliable data transfer between the peripherals and the computer is now easier than ever before.
Even professionals appreciate the benefits of USB. First of all, this standard has been adapted in many integrated circuits - not only interface circuits. Native support for high-speed serial connections is provided by most modern microcontrollers , and thus also by platforms such as Arduino. Laboratory equipment and programmers also use this interface.
Moreover, it is sometimes used in microprocessor systems. Perhaps the best-known example of such non-standard use is the Ethernet port in older models of Raspberry Pi computers.
From the hardware point of view, it was an adapter soldered to the board and connected to the processor via a USB bus. Not surprisingly, the familiar "B" sockets are increasingly common also in the industry and automation equipment. Of course, we can't leave out devices that not only use the Universal Serial Bus , but were even inspired by it: external network adapters Wi-Fi , flash drives , etc.
Meanwhile, with USB 3. With his invention, Ajay Bhatt has brought long-awaited relief to users of electronics - an easy-to-use, universal cable, thanks to which neither amateurs nor engineers need to ask themselves the question: "how to connect it? Necessity is indeed the mother of invention - and in this case it was a need of the whole world. The most beautiful film star who freed us from wires. On Find out who he was and how he changed our lives. A well-known company that reinvented its business.
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