USB4 Specification v2.0

Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by djha-skin on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:21PM (#33255864)

Does this mean I'll have to deal with another planned-obsolescence connector? I was hoping with Moore's law flattening out that we would more or less be done with this mess. USB-C does a great job, what's wrong with it?

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by drzaiusx11 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:37PM (#33255983)

afaict it will still use the usb-c connector, they're just playing catch-up to thunderbolt as far as bandwidth. now you can do PCIe over USB4 just like thunderbolt. Although I haven't read the whole spec yet, likely it finally supports dual high-def monitors which USB4v1 didn't do

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by chrisseaton on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:35PM (#33255969)

USB-C is a connector.

USB4 is a protocol.

Different things. No need to be this angry.

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by stjohnswarts on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:09PM (#33256609)

this is more than most non-techie people can handle.

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:12PM (#33257128)

Well that's too bad because most ports have multiple protocol versions or capacities over the same shape.

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by nicoburns on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:26PM (#33255910)

Pretty sure this is still using the USB-C connector.

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by dymk on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:47PM (#33256043)

Nah you'll have to wait for USB5 for the new connector

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Re:USB4 Specification v2.0 by eyelidlessness on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @09:28PM (#33256311)

Gonna disagree with all of the other comments so far: yes, you’ll have to deal with another set of USB-C connectors with a slightly different capability matrix.

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