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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 2 months ago

Damn that's a lot of bandwidth

[–] [email protected] 173 points 2 months ago (7 children)

USB C Pro Max SuperSpeed Venti Extreme

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

aka Thunderbolt 4

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

4x4Gen4

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

Reality has a higher resolution than this potato photo.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

Fucking finally

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

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

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