Thursday, June 13th 2019
Speeding Up your USB: USB 4.0 Products Expected to Appear by the end of 2020
AnandTech, who spoke with the USB Promoter Group at Computex, have shared that the new protocol is expected to manifest in physical, consumer products by the end of 2020. The specification for the next-generation bus is currently on version 0.7, with the USB Promoter Group expecting it to be finalized by this Summer. Then it's just a matter of manufacturers developing new products powered by the latest protocol.
USB 4.0 borrows heavily from Intel's thunderbolt 3 technology - which, if you'll remember, was made available as an open specification very recently. Intel's contribution of the Thunderbolt 3 protocol will enable USB 4.0 to achieve speeds of up to 40 Gbps with multiple data and display protocols being able to share available bandwidth. Additionally, USB 4.0 will make use of USB Type-C's interface, ensuring backwards compatibility not only with it, but also USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 3. Due to the many improvements in data transfer speeds and ability to stream multiple data and display protocols, the USB Promoter Group is looking at the possibility of changing USB's trademark logo for the next generation interface, alongside a revised branding scheme.
Source:
AnandTech
USB 4.0 borrows heavily from Intel's thunderbolt 3 technology - which, if you'll remember, was made available as an open specification very recently. Intel's contribution of the Thunderbolt 3 protocol will enable USB 4.0 to achieve speeds of up to 40 Gbps with multiple data and display protocols being able to share available bandwidth. Additionally, USB 4.0 will make use of USB Type-C's interface, ensuring backwards compatibility not only with it, but also USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 3. Due to the many improvements in data transfer speeds and ability to stream multiple data and display protocols, the USB Promoter Group is looking at the possibility of changing USB's trademark logo for the next generation interface, alongside a revised branding scheme.
23 Comments on Speeding Up your USB: USB 4.0 Products Expected to Appear by the end of 2020
USB 4.0 Gen1 2 x 2
USB 4.0 Gen1 3 x 3
USB 4.0 Gen1 4 x 4
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......etc
Then Gen2
After that 4.1 and all Gen1 got rename back to 4.0.............
steamprOn library" hahahaha :respect: :eek: :D3.1 Gen2 (or shall we call it - USB 10gbps) devices are still somewhat rare, and those that do exist are considerably more expensive than their USB 5gbps counterparts.
I didn't even saw yet anything USB 20gbps on Amazon... not even sure what uses that. External SSDs maybe ?
So if 4.0 ( USB 40gbps) launches in 2020, it will be at least 2022 until it becomes commonplace.... so, move along, nothing to see here.
Either way, USB2.0 still got you covered.
For a while now, I have had 2x USB-C external drive enclosures, 2x USB-C Flash Drives, a USB-C sound module, plus my Note 9.... 4 of the 6 which stay plugged in almost all of the time, since I have enough ports to do so, by way of my internal/external hubs :)
Perhaps I jumped the gun a bit, but I generally like to stay current on things like this, which I am sure will hold me over until/whenever USB 5 comes along.... hopefully the mobo & case mfgr's will catch up in the meantime :cry:
Here's a tip: make something that actually lasts longer than 2 years so we can adopt it properly, like USB 2.0 did. Kinda suits the universal bit ;)
2026- USB 5 these may be change of these ideas due to world market effective demand.