Last year, the 240W USB-C 2.1 standard promised much higher power output (and up to 40Gbps of data), but we hadn’t seen any hardware on the market yet. Previously, 100W cables were the highest specification.
Club3D has published pictures and specifications of such 240W USB-C cables (discovered by aviation analysis), which excited me for several reasons.
This initially opens the door default USB-C power supplies (PSUs) that could replace the standard power supplies we get with laptops with very powerful CPUs and GPUs.
OEM-supplied power adapters do their job well, but it’s much nicer when we can use USB-C to charge everything for professional use. Colleagues can borrow each other’s power adapters in a pinch, and we no longer have to bring USB-C fast chargers for smartphones, tablets, and other laptops.
Second, the after-market power supplies are often smaller, lighter, more energy efficient, and have more connectors. That’s remarkable given how good the current 240W PSUs are.
These cables are too capable of transferring high-speed data, which is outstanding and keeps up with our times. Those who work on 4K/8K videos will appreciate having one 20 Gbps or 40 Gbps Cables on hand for those crazy transfers.
But there is bad news. Cloud3D has one Mix and match these skills of charge-only, 20 Gbps and 40 Gbps. Unfortunately I’m not sure how clearly this will be marked on the cables. I understand the potential cost differences, but I wish it were as simple as “240W + 40Gbps” for everyone, and that’s it.
USB-C + 240W is excitingbut its full potential will be reached when laptop OEMs decide to use such a USB-C port for charging and ditch the proprietary 240W (and under) once and for all.
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