Thursday, August 11, 2011

New USB Specification Could Provide Up To 100 Watts Of Power On A Single USB Cable

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Details of a new USB specification have been released that could make the new Thunderbolt connections look a little unpowered at just 10 watts. The USB Promoter Group has announced that the next generation of USB solutions could deliver up to as much as a 100 watts via a single USB cable.

100 watts of power could be used to power larger devices and would be enough to power a LCD monitor, printers or laptops without any trouble at all.  The new standard and been designed to coexist with USB Battery Charging 1.2 specifications, and is claimed to function just as well with old-school USB 2.0 connections as it does with those of the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 variety.

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Original Story New USB Specification Could Provide Up To 100 Watts Of Power On A Single USB Cable


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