Gigabyte introduces a USB 3.2 Gen2x2 card

[Portada HL]

Beyond the product itself (a card with USB ports), it is quite curious to see how the consortium that develops the communication bus has lost its bearings with the nomenclature.

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[cobito]

Since USB 3, these people have lost their grip:

· USB 1.0 (Low speed) [1996]: 1.5 Mbits/s
· USB 1.1 (Full speed) [1998]: 12 Mbits/s
· USB 2.0 (High speed) [2000]: 480 Mbits/s
· USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) [2008]: 5Gbits/s. This one ended up being called USB 3.1 Gen 1 and USB 3.2 Gen 1x1.
· USB 3.1 Gen 1 (SuperSpeed) [2013]: 5Gbits/s. It is USB 3.0
· USB 3.1 Gen 2 (SuperSpeed+) [2013]: 10Gbits/s
· USB 3.2 Gen 1 (SuperSpeed) [2017]: 5Gbits/s. It is also USB 3.0
· USB 3.2 Gen 2 (SuperSpeed+) [2017]: 10Gbits/s. Is it the same as USB 3.1 Gen 2?
· USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (2xSuperSpeed+) [2017]: 20Gbits/s
· USB 4 (Thunderbolt 3) [2019]: 40Gbits/s

[Fassou]

These are the things that happen when one of the leaders of a standard, insists on ruining it to favor their new standard, but is exposed and ends up implementing their protocol in the new developments of the "old".