With PC motherboard manufacturers implementing 40 Gbps USB4, one wonders what's next for the [mostly] universal connectivity standard. Turns out, it is USB4 2.0, which yields the connector 80 Gbps of data bandwidth per direction, and 60 W of power-delivery (PD). Power delivery for USB4 2.0 can be as...
  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
    53·
    3 months ago

    These motherfuckers naming USB standards like Capcom named fighting games in the early 2000s. I think I’ll wait to upgrade until USB4 2.0 Vs Alpha comes out.

  • Fester@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    3 months ago

    Cool thumbnail, USB-IF. Why don’t my 20 exact-same-looking but wildly-different-spec USB-C cables have fucking labels like that?

  • notaviking@lemmy.world
    16·
    3 months ago

    Can we have a way to tell apart the cables first. Finding out this cable is not compatible for this thing. USB C needs a distinctive and intuitive way for the average consumer to differentiate between different types of cables

    • lud@lemm.ee
      11·
      3 months ago

      Yes I agree but I will admit that it’s probably pretty hard to do that unless you force all the features on every USB-C cable which is obviously not a good solution.

      • notaviking@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        Yeah agree, but maybe they could have like 4 categories: A-general B-power C-display D-specialised

        And then have a second rating system like 1-10 for example 1-bare bones 5-decent 10-the bells whistle

        Like on a computer monitor I state I need a C5 or higher to work. Or I buy a A4B4 cable that is for general purposes or something.

        This is just a quick idea, horrible idea actually, but because currently I do not know if for example I can use this cable in my drawer to charge my phone or use it as a display cable. So I feel like with USB C they wanted to make a universal cable, but now I feel like there is even more confusion than with USB B

  • ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    Yes, but what’s the length/distance capabilities. I’m tired of new cables being able to handle this and that but only over a distance of 18" without being actively extended.

  • xep@fedia.io
    4·
    3 months ago

    Ah, I look forward to even more extensions to the PD standard.

  • curiousPJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Sigh… I just bought a usb-c cable that doesn’t support display stream compression but is fine for 160w power. No where did it ever say it wasn’t capable of driving multiple monitors…