News ASMedia and Via Labs are developing USB4 v2 controllers, still 18 months away from launch

[Admin]

ASMedia and Via Labs are working on their own USB4 v2 controllers, but don't expect them to come to market for at least 18 months.

ASMedia and Via Labs are developing USB4 v2 controllers, still 18 months away from launch : Read more

 

[-Fran-]

So... USB4.1? xD

COME ON, WHY IS THAT SO HARD?!

Regards.

 

[thestryker]

With the amount of development time left I wonder if this means they're designing it as a PCIe 5.0 controller like what they did with their USB 4 controller being PCIe 4.0.

 

[Jame5]

No, USB 5.

That's what they should do. Double the bandwidth? New major version. Don't screw with people having to guess if it's new or not. Just USB 5. You know it's 2x as fast as USB 4. Done.

Following @thestryker 's point: It would be like calling PCIe5.0 "PCIe4.0 v2" when they doubled the bandwidth.

 

[bit_user]

Not that anyone will see this, but thanks to Anton for the informative article. I haven't tracked these developments very carefully, so I especially appreciate details like the differences between 4v1 and 4v2, as well as vs. TB5.