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New USB logos will simplify branding on hubs and cables (www.techspot.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Damn that's a lot of bandwidth

[–] [email protected] 172 points 4 days ago (7 children)

USB C Pro Max SuperSpeed Venti Extreme

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

aka Thunderbolt 4

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

4x4Gen4

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Ultimately, it's great that users won't need to squint to read the fine print or cross-reference spec sheets once the labels gain popularity.

I can't even read the labels on the cables in the article photos.

EDIT: I get it, you all have 20/10 vision and no astigmatism, thanks for your input.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I can't even read the labels on the cables in the article photos.

...Because the image is crappy resolution, its like complaining you can't read without your glasses on.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Reality has a higher resolution than this potato photo.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago

Took long enough for someone over there to figure out they made some mistakes with recent branding. Glad they've finally made some positive changes for end users though.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fucking finally

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago (5 children)

This isn't that. It's relabeling the existing USB standards in a way that actually makes sense finally.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is about the 15th time they've done that.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, but the old labels won't just magically disappear. Tech folks might know how to handle it but for everyone else it will be just more of the same. As far as they care for labeling to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think this time the manufacturers will be pretty quick at adopting the new branding; if there's two competing devices next to each other, one marked with "USB 3.2 Gen 2x2", which no one understands, and other one with "USB 20Gbps" I think the latter will sell more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Yeah something you don't have to further look up to figure out what it means. Just simpler.