If you've ever looked closely at the USB ports on your laptop or desktop PC, you may have noticed that some are labeled with a small symbol. It looks like the letters SS, with a three-pronged icon ...

The group that oversees USB wants to make it easier for you to understand what various cables and ports can actually do. It's trying to ditch branding like SuperSpeed and USB4 in an attempt to ...

This application note describes the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 or the SuperSpeed USB ports and discusses Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protection on USB 3.0. This document highlights TE Circuit ...

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When SuperSpeed USB was announced in 2007, the branding was a logical differentiator. The term launched with USB 3.0, which brought max data transfer rates from USB 2.0’s measly 0.48Gbps all the way ...

This week IOGEAR has announced three new USB 3.0 devices, each of them with data transfer speeds up to 10 times that of previous generation USB 2.0 devices. What we've got here is a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Simpler branding is here, but there’s no guarantee manufacturers will actually use it Simpler branding is here, ...

USB has been around for decades, and the sheer number of USB and Thunderbolt versions in 2025 can be bewildering. Here's what you need to know about USB 3, USB 4, Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and ...

Hell must have frozen over because for the first time in forever, new USB logos introduced with USB4 hardware will actually make sense. Rather than confusing consumers with meaningless monikers like ...