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

  • Otter
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    144 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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      314 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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        214 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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          14 months ago

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