Re:USB4 Specification v2.0
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @09:45AM
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You're asking for the impossible.
To developers, the difference between USB 3.1 2x2 and USB 4 is material, and they need two different names.
To end users, they're identical, and different names are confusing.
Changing the labelling of USB 2.0 would be a cure worse than the disease. Approximately nobody is introducing new USB2 products, so having <1% of USB2 products use new nomenclature would only increase confusion rather than decrease it.
> To end users, they're identical, and different names are confusing.
They're not though are they? For example USB4 supports Thunderbolt 3 and PCIe tunnelling but USB 3.2 2x2 does not.
Re:USB4 Specification v2.0
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:29PM
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Those are optional features in USB4 so you might as well treat them as not existing.
Look at that article:
> The USB-IF still recommends vendors label USB 2.0, which can take the form of USB-C, USB-A, USB-B, and more, as "Hi-Speed USB" with no performance indicator. > > "Hi-Speed USB has been around for over 20 years and is well established in the marketplace"
They are seriously under the delusion that anyone except USB nerds has even heard of "hi-speed USB".