Intel Corp also announced that it will make its Universal Serial Bus host controller interface available to the industry so as to help other component suppliers to bring Universal Bus host controllers to market quickly. Universal Serial Bus is an openly licensed specification designed to simplify and improve performance of all aspects of personal computer-to-peripheral and to-telephony applications. It is being jointly developed by Compaq Computer Corp, Digital Equipment Corp, IBM Corp, Intel, Microsoft Corp, NEC Corp and Northern Telecom Ltd, founding members of the USB Implementers Forum. Products are expected to appear in the first quarter of next year, Intel said.