USB4 was supposed to clean up, meanwhile a new standard is entering. Thunderbolt 4 ready for 8K monitors
As it turns out, USB4 will not be one standard for the USB-C connector. Intel has just announced the successor to Thunderbolt 3. Like its predecessor, the fourth generation also significantly extends USB capabilities. At the time when the USB4 standard was announced a bit naively, we believed that we would enter new and beautiful times in which, looking at the USB-C port on the device, we would immediately know all its possibilities. However, this will not happen, although it may be good: Intel has just announced the Thunderbolt 4 standard, which will also use a USB-C plug. Why is that good? Because the number of improvements over ordinary USB4 is significant. USB4 offers data transfer at the level of 20 Gb / s and power supply with 7.5 W. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt 4 will provide 40 Gb / s and will support two monitors at one connector in 4K resolution (Thunderbolt 3 allows you to connect only one). It will also provide 15 W of energy. Thunderbolt 4 is not only the speed of data tra...