{"id":6523,"date":"2017-01-04T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6523"},"modified":"2017-01-04T18:19:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:19:39","slug":"linked-explaining-thunderbolt-3-usb-c-and-everything-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/04\/linked-explaining-thunderbolt-3-usb-c-and-everything-in-between\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Explaining Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, and Everything In Between&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tidbits.com\/article\/16870\">via TidBits<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro-1, ff-meta-serif-web-pro-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;\"><em>When it comes to protocols, USB-C natively supports:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro-1, ff-meta-serif-web-pro-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; list-style-type: square;\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><em>USB 2.0 (480 Mbps)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro-1, ff-meta-serif-web-pro-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; list-style-type: square;\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><em>USB 3.0 (5 Gbps, branded SuperSpeed, now described as USB 3.1 Gen 1)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro-1, ff-meta-serif-web-pro-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; list-style-type: square;\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><em>USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps, branded SuperSpeed+, which requires USB-C as a connector type)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro-1, ff-meta-serif-web-pro-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; list-style-type: square;\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><em>DisplayPort (under the ungainly name \u201cDisplayPort Alternate Mode on USB Type-C Connector Standard\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro-1, ff-meta-serif-web-pro-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; list-style-type: square;\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><em>MHL 3.0 (Mobile High-Definition Link, which you\u2019ve probably never heard of: it\u2019s a way to connect mobile devices to HD displays)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro-1, ff-meta-serif-web-pro-2, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; list-style-type: square;\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><em>Thunderbolt 3 (on computers that have Thunderbolt 3 controllers, like the new MacBook Pros)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Great article! Worth the read for people like me who have no idea how USB-C works and what it\u2019s capable of. It\u2019s an impressive system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via TidBits: When it comes to protocols, USB-C natively supports: USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) USB 3.0 (5 Gbps,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-01-04T18:19:41Z","apple_news_api_id":"cac985a7-d32d-42f6-8917-c30d8831dde7","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-01-04T18:19:41Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AysmFp9MtQvaJF8MNiDHd5w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Hd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12206,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2024\/01\/03\/linked-devices-that-are-not-usb-c-in-my-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":6523,"position":0},"title":"Linked: Devices that are not USB C in my life","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"via MereCivilian: With that said, the following are my NON USB C devices (that I use regularly):\u2026 Interesting review and very Apple-centric. 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