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Some basic info about USB (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by SouravSatvaya@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] s_s@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're bad because manufacturers want to pass their usb 2.0 gear as "usb 3.0 compliant", which it technically is, and their usb 3.0 gear as "usb 3.2" because 3.2 Gen 1x1 is also 5gbps.

The USB X.X is just the version of the standard and doesn't mean anything for the capabilities of a physical device.

When a new standard comes out it superceeds the old one. Devices are always designed and certified according to the current standard.

Soooo...What are you talking about?

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm talking about using the standard traditionally to denote the performance of the connection.

You don't go around talking about your "Usb 3.0 device" that runs at 480mbps unless you're trying to be a massive dickhole.

That's what I'm talking about.

[–] s_s@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

480mbps

A device or port that does 480mbps transfer speeds is a "Hi-Speed" device/port. That's the real name and always has been.

It doesn't matter what version of the USB spec it was certified under. If it was designed between 2000 and 2008 it was certified under USB 2.0 or 2.1

If that device was certified between 2008 and 2013 then it was certified under USB 3.0. That absolutely doesn't make it a "SuperSpeed" device/port, but that's more than clear when we use the real names.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nobody uses that, they use the spec number because that's what they've been taught, and they identify with it more than the incredibly stupid 'full/high/super/duper/ultramegahyperspeed' convention which the idiots at the siig decided to break again in 3.2.

Everybody literally on the planet agrees the system is moronic, you're literally the only person who dissents, congratulations on that.

[–] s_s@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nobody uses that...Everybody literally on the planet agrees the system is moronic

Then just be as mad as you want--that's the whole point of the news cycle anyways! Why bother learning? Congrats, chaos wins!

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I've integrated the IP on silicon (copy pasta with axi mostly), it's not me who has the problem, it's normal people who don't live this shit and just want the plug to work best, which isn't what happens at all.

The naming is a joke to everyone but keep being proud of it.