USB 5Gbps — The “Hold My Beer, I’m Fast Enough” Speed Look, if USB had a middle child, this would be it. Five gigabits per second sounds impressive until you realize it’s basically the cousin who runs a 5K once a year and brags about it all Christmas. It works. It transfers your files. It […]
Roll Play Scenario: Windows: Sound of connecting a USB flash drive… User: Ah yes… let’s get to work! Windows: Sound of a disconnected USB device… User: Oh no, what’s happening? A quick Google search later and here we are. Let’s take a closer look. Intermittent USB disconnects are frustrating because they often feel random. In […]
DisplayLink will be pushing a new graphics chipset they say will take a major step toward any device with any display connectivity. Well damn, that’ll make it easy. The nut for DisplayLink is their ability to leverage the bi-directional throughput of USB 3.0 to offer an array of functions and features. This means multiple full […]
How far would half a billion USB controllers stretch if laid end-to-end? Try from NY City to Los Angeles and back again. That is how many USB controllers Cypress has shipped since their inception of the USB controller product line in 1997. Fueled by growing consumer demand in USB-enabled applications such as mice, keyboards, hubs, […]
SMI (Silicon Motion Inc.) has introduced a new chip that allows multiple 4K displays to connect to a single host computer. The SM770 chip is what SMI calls a high-performance USB display interface, or system-on-chip (SoC). The promise is straightforward: run three concurrent 4K UHD displays from one host system without noticeable latency. The new […]
To the confusion and frustration of many iPhone 7 users, the lack of an audio jack is being seen as a step forward rather than back. With the advent of USB Type-C, audio will no longer require a 3.5mm headphone port. Instead, that data can be transmitted, along with videos and power, through Type-C. The […]
