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USB branding has become even more confusing. BY MARK HACHMANT
he USB standard has just gotten
even more confusing for end
users. If you’re one of the three
people in the world who actually
knew the difference between USB 2.0, USB
3.0, USB 3.1 Gen 1/Gen 2, and so on, ...well,
sorry: USB 3.2 has been announced, and all
the names change once again.On the bright side, the USB-IF makes it
explicitly clear (go.pcworld.com/ubif; PDF)
that the latest USB 3.2 specification provides
a whopping 20Gbps of throughput. But
that’s about the only thing that’s
straightforward, because USB 3.2 sucks up
the previous specs and makes them part of
its own. The new, horrifically-named spec is