• JustARegularNerd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      59·
      13 days ago

      I had a boss who called that connector the “Samsung plug” when I had an external HDD and was trying to find a cable for it. I had an S5 for years, so I knew exactly what he was talking about, not that it quelled my shock given he was the team lead of IT support.

      Needless to say he was (and still probably is) a huge Samsung guy

        • JustARegularNerd@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          11 days ago

          I think my initial shock was that he’s my supervisor and couldn’t even identify that it was a standard outside of the Galaxy S5, so it brings any IT knowledge of his into question.

          That being said, he was pretty open about us technicians knowing more about the nitty gritty computing than he did, so his lack of IT knowledge wasn’t a major issue as he was a decent team leader, which I found more important to his position.

      • Bubs@lemmy.zip
        11·
        13 days ago

        It’s called micro b superspeed. It’s basically micro-b with an optional extra connector to reach USB 3.0 speeds. Unless the device needs the extra power rail (like a 2.5" HDD), then you can still use a regular micro b cable to get USB 2.0 speeds.

  • etchinghillside@reddthat.com
    29·
    13 days ago

    Alright - why?

    We know power and data can go over a single one.

    It can’t be for more power - one should(?) be sufficient for whatever I’m looking at.

    Only thing I can think of is some video optimization.

      • attero@discuss.tchncs.deOP
        22·
        13 days ago

        This is a development kit, so the transmitted signals / pinout could have nothing in common with regular usb-c and they just needed more lanes than one usb-c cable can provide, leading them to develop this monstrosity.

        Similar to the PCIe extenders that use USB3 male to male or HDMI as their connector / cable.

          • Bobo The Great@startrek.website
            52·
            13 days ago

            USB 3.2 or 4 allows for a thunderbolt 4 interface, that runs at 40 GB/s (for external gpu cards). Thunderbolt also uses Power Delivery and the latest version allows for a 48V @ 5A profile, that would be 240W. Even previous versions allow for 24V @ 5V (120W).

            As for the cable length I wouldn’t really know, probably it’s possible up to a meter, if the cable is well shielded, the power doesn’t change much because the current os always rather low, it’s the voltage that increases.

            • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
              46·
              13 days ago

              None of those likely to be found on this specific devkit mate… those are all quite recent revisions.

              And a cable length that short is useless for a console. Hence them needing something else… but sure just circlejerk hate Nintendo instead of having a discussion.

              But it’s great you can google and paste stuff to support your “hate”. I figured you would put two and two together after googling and seeing how recent those revisions were. But you obviously can’t see past your hate here lol.

              • Bobo The Great@startrek.website
                52·
                13 days ago

                Not hating, I don’t know from which year this is from, didn’t even know it’s a development kit, and although the capabilities I mentioned are recent (and by recent, thunderbolt 4 has been around for at least a couple years, PD 120w for around the same or even more), a single usb-C has been capable of driving a portable device, that needs charging and a display output, from at least 7+ years.

                You can call me cynical, but yes, if I see a strange double usb-C port I think it doesn’t really make a ton of sense and the first thing I think about is a strange trick to transform a standard technology in something proprietary, especially since nintendo has done the same with the switch 2 by implementing non-standard usb c in their dock.

                • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
                  32·
                  13 days ago

                  not hating

                  “vendor lockin by nintendo?”

                  Your original comment absolutely did.

                  even know it’s a development kit,

                  So you just comment and decide to cry about Nintendo without even opening the post and seeing what it’s about…? That’s even worse lmfao. Just pure blind hate without knowing it’s a devkit… you’re the worst kind of person.

                  The rest of your comment isn’t even worth addressing since you’re just regurgitating ai, which is obvious since usb 3.2 isn’t capable of what you claimed….

              • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
                12·
                13 days ago

                This is not a recent revision. TB4 is from 2020. USB4 is 2019.

                The real answer to this question is that Thunderbolt is an Intel standard and adds significant licensing and IP overhead to unit costs.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      3·
      13 days ago

      I don’t know what it is really but I’d guess yo plug 2 things?

      Very too close one tonthe other for me 😖

      • marcos@lemmy.world
        2·
        13 days ago

        If it was to plug 2 things, the connectors would be separated so 2 plugs could fit into them.

  • notsure@fedia.io
    244·
    13 days ago

    …i have hard drives that only work with the one power cord with that plug…

  • Hozerkiller@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    13 days ago

    Some high power laptops do this too. You can even get special docks for them with 2 cables.

  • attero@discuss.tchncs.deOP
    131·
    13 days ago

    In other news, there are also efforts from a lot of chinese companies to establish the GPMI connector, aka. wide boi usb-c.