The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced the new USB 3.2, an incremental update that brings many benefits, such as double data transfer speed without upgrade cable.
In other words, devices will have double the data transfer speeds using existing cables, thanks to a application which has been available since the original USB Type-C standard began.
Specifically, USB Type-C cables were designed from the outset to support multi-lane operation, but USB 3.2 is the first to take full advantage of this application.
Thus, USB 3.2 hosts and USB devices will be designed as multi-lane solutions, offering two different approaches: either 2 lanes of 5 Gbps or 2 lanes of 10 GbBps.
Between the two, it's not hard to figure out what approach the leading device manufacturers will choose, especially because a USB 3.2 storage device will offer data transfer performance that exceeds 2 GB per second when a SuperSpeed- USB 10 Gbps.
"When we launched USB Type-C, we intended to ensure that USB Type-C cables and connectors were certified for SuperSpeed USB or SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps, to produce the highest performance in USB as they were developed new generations USB 3.0 said Brad Saunders, President of USB 3.0 Promoter Group. "USB 3.2 update offers the next level of performance."
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group includes leading members such as Microsoft, Apple, Intel, HP and many others. However, Microsoft still does not see USB 3.0 as a mature standard, and refuses to implement it in the latest models of Surface, stating that it will cause more confusion for customers.
Microsoft said that if the correct cable was not used, customers could slow down their performance, which would eventually lead to more criticism that would affect the image of both the device itself and the company as a whole.
