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World's first USB4 2.0 cables promise 80Gbps speeds | Double the USB4 data transfer speeds and 240W of charging power


The cables come courtesy of Elecom, which just became the first company to have its USB4 2.0 cables officially certified, as reported by PC Watch. The Japanese...

The Japanese company is set to launch two varieties in mid-December: one offering a transfer rate of 80Gbps with 60W power delivery, and another cranking that up to a whopping 240W at 48V/5A. However, PC and device manufacturers will need to integrate support for PCI-Express 5.0 x4 bus connections to fully enable the high bandwidth USB4 2.0 allows. It's worth mentioning that USB4 2.0 is theoretically capable of delivering up to a whopping 120Gbps, though that's limited to a single direction and requires an asymmetric configuration.

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