but jesus they need to get better people to name their stuff

It begs the question of what USB4 is gonna be called when it's launched and they decide USB4 doesn't work

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>40 GBPS capable USB4 ports is called USB4 Gen 3x2

??????

so there are USB4 ports not capable of 40 GBPS?

>USB 3.1 Gen 2, increased the lane speed to 10 Gbps. A second 10 Gbps lane was added in the USB 3.2 standard, which the USB-IF calls "USB 3.2 Gen 2×2." USB4 (which is not written as "USB 4.0") will reach speeds of 40 Gbps, doubling the speeds again.

gen 3x2 wtf

>"Once the specifications are released, there will be a new round of confusion," the source told TechRepublic. "It's going to be USB4, but you have to qualify what USB4 means, because there are different grades. USB4, by definition, has to be [at least] Gen 2×2, so it will give you 10 Gbps by 2, that's 20 Gbps. There's going to be USB4 Gen 3×2, which is 20 Gbps per lane. 20 by 2 will give you 40 Gbps."

????

all this naming

so you take the first digit multiplied by 10 in Gbps, unless it's gen 3x2, then go fuck urself

and they don't think of giving them names to dictate if they can do video and thunderbolt or not

like actual consumer features

"So I got this USB4 cable but it doesnt do video out and charge at the same time"

"oh it's a USB4 gen 2x2 cable and not the USB 4 Gen 3x2 cable which is video out capable"

cue the boondocks clip of Grandad in the Mac store

i'd say 99% of users don't care about the difference between 20 gbps and 40 gbps

they care about the other features

2x2 and 3x2 says nothing about the speeds either

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I'm actually ok with this because it'll make it easier in the future

Once USB4 is common place all people gonna care about is the number, USB3.2 slower than 4????

ez

it would have been less confusing with shit like having the first digit be the speed and second digit being the functions

>phasing out the type A connector

welcome to the "we have way too many people around this meeting table" decisions

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as somebody who worked selling phones when USBC was new this shit is a nightmare peope face every day

well Type C connector is better than type A in every way

I had to **do my job** and explain to people what they were buying it was awful

expect type A can take much more abuse

and you can fit in more type C ports in the place type A used to be

true

nevermind i meant Type B

Does type C get loose like Type A does?

oh

my brain flipped the cables

Shit

Type A is the one used on PC's, B for mobile devices, and C is "All in one" new one right