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Re:USB4 Specification by TylerE on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:48PM (#20872051)
Aren’t the adaptors for USBC quite a bit more expensive? Is t there essentially a chip in the cable?
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Re:USB4 Specification by cesarb on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:52PM (#20872096)
No, adapters from USB-C to the older USB ports are completely passive, they only have a pair of resistors to identify as an adapter.
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