Windows 11 now supports USB4 at 80Gbps, also known as USB 4 2.0 | Faster USB4 devices could start appearing in 2024::undefined

  • Jonathan
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    1389 months ago

    “USB 4 2.0”… someone should really do something about the incredibly goofy naming scheme.

    • Otter
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      149 months ago

      I never bothered to check, but are there multiple organizations making different names? Or just one that has no consistency whatsoever

      • @[email protected]
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        319 months ago

        They name by committee. So every corporation that is in the USB standards group will argue for whatever benefits them, with no consideration for consumers.

        I fucking hate it. Buy a USB C cable and it’s a crapshoot whether it’s USB 2 with no power delivery, or poor quality with power delivery. Just trying to find a good quality USB 3 cable is difficult, with 3.1 or 3.2, x2 or not, shitty control chips, etc etc.

        • Jonathan
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          219 months ago

          It is absolutely infuriating. It blows my mind that you can have a USB 3.2 Gen2 cable that does everything you need it to, except for the fact that it doesn’t support Power Delivery and a lot of the time you won’t even know, so if you’re sending high wattage through it there’s a real possibility you’re gonna burn some to kind up.

          • @[email protected]
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            19 months ago

            In theory, compliant devices can detect the voltage drop over shitty cables and request a lower charging rate.

      • Jonathan
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        119 months ago

        I know, it is a never ending source of minor comedy that “Universal” is right there in the name.