The Ultra HD “4K” TVs and computer monitors are a-comin’! But pushing that many pixels places is a mighty big strain on the cables used to transfer audio and video to your displays. In fact, while the ...

Modern port, ancient speeds: Why your new USB-C flash drive transfers files so slowly ...

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: USB-C is confusing. A USB-C port or cable can support a range of speeds, power capabilities, and other features, depending on the specification used.

The new USB4 2.0 standard with 80Gbps of bandwidth was teased in September 2022, but it's only in the first few weeks of 2024 that the new specification is stretching its wings. Microsoft testing the ...

In context: NVMe is a set of specifications that define a high-performance storage access protocol, allowing fast data transfers directly between CPUs and non-volatile storage media over the PCIe bus.

The USB Promoter Group released the specification for USB4 Version 2.0 [PDF] on September 1, 2022, giving the tech community an idea of what it can expect for the ports on our next laptops, desktops, ...

A new DisplayPort 2.1 specification has been released—and, if the authors are doing their job right, your devices may already have been upgraded. Essentially, DisplayPort 2.1 is a bit like Thunderbolt ...

Intel announced further details about the next generation of Thunderbolt today. The company wouldn’t commit to a name for the upcoming specification or a release date for what we hope will be called, ...