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Re:USB 4 version 2 promises 80 Gbps speeds over existing cables by myhf on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:44PM (#32684842)
There was a mandate for USB type-A cables to have a tactile USB logo on the "top" side, so that you could always feel when it was in the correct orientation.

In the current generation I've seen devices with "DP" used to mean "Power Delivery" instead of "DisplayPort"

Any mandate that is possible to ignore or misinterpret will just add noise.

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Re:USB 4 version 2 promises 80 Gbps speeds over existing cables by black3r on Thursday September 01, 2022 @11:03PM (#32686115)
most of the cables I used did have that... but the "top" side was only ever usable with laptops... lots of desktops had the ports upside down, and other USB hosts like monitors, TVs, chargers, cars frequently have the ports sideways, or top/bottom...
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