standards (USB 3.0,  PCIe 3.0 ,  SATA 3.0 ) before developing a new chipset, [22] [23]  or a tactic by Intel to favor its new  Thunderbolt  interface. [24]  Apple, Inc. announced laptops with USB 3.0 ports on June 11, 2012, nearly four years after USB 3.0 was finalized. Because Apple computers