I think things are going into Warp speed overdrive...from that second link:
USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps on Motherboards in 2010
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Both ASUS and Gigabyte are taking USB 3.0 and 6Gbps SATA seriously. Gigabyte uses two modifiers to indicate when a board supports USB3 or 6Gbps SATA:
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First is OCZ's USB 3.0 external SSD:
This little thing is basically an Indilinx MLC SSD with a SATA-to-USB 3.0 controller. You can expect to see tons of clones in the coming months. Not to mention the first wave of USB 3.0 thumbdrives.
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Continuing:
ASUS and MSI Show AMD 8-series Motherboards
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ASUS had its first AMD 890 based motherboard on display:
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The 8-series of chipsets are due out sometime in the first half of the year and intend to compete with Clarkdale's integrated graphics in a major way. MSI also showed us its AMD 890FX motherboard:
Unlike Intel's 2010 chipsets, AMD's 890FX is expected to include native SATA 6Gbps support. There won't be any native USB 3.0 unfortunately. Motherboard manufacturers will keep using NEC's USB 3.0 controller.