*USB 3.2* ANNOUNCED: UPTO 20Gbps TRANSFER RATE, PORT REMAINS THE SAME
USB Type-C has been
gradually gaining traction over the last few years, with increasing usage in
smartphones, tablets, notebooks, desktops, and all sorts of other devices.
Currently, the top transfer rate that can be achieved with USB-C is 10Gbps
(Gigabits per second), through USB 3.1 Gen 2 - but those speeds are about to
get a lot faster.
The USB 3.0 Promoter
Group — which counts Apple, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, and others
among its members — just announced another USB-C specification: USB 3.2.
USB 3.1, the existing
Type-C format, tops out at 10Gbps. USB 3.2 increases that speed by allowing
multiple lanes of data transfer at the same time. While that 20Gbps number
should be achievable, the USB Implementers Forum has yet to confirm that as the
official speed. In short, that means that upcoming devices should be able to
transfer data more quickly than current ones.
Brad Saunders, chairman of the USB 3.0 Promoter Group, said:
"When
we introduced USB Type-C to the market, we intended to assure that USB Type-C
cables and connectors certified for SuperSpeed USB or SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps
would, as produced, support higher performance USB as newer generations of USB
3.0 were developed. The USB 3.2 update delivers the next level of performance."
Still, one will likely
have to wait until 2019 to get hands on dev ices supporting it – once the specs are
finalized, manufacturers will need some time to bring USB 3.2 devices to market.
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