Researchers are working on a cabling system that could provide data transfer speeds multiple times faster than existing USB connections using an extremely thin polymer cable, in a system that echoes the design path of Thunderbolt.An Apple Thunderbolt 3 Pro cablePresented at the February IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, the research aims to develop a connection type that offers far better connectivity than current methods. In part, it aims to accomplish this by replacing copper wiring with something else. Read more…
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Polymer cables could replace Thunderbolt & USB, deliver more than twice the speed
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