The era of USB-C is here

The era of USB-C is here

Since USB Type-C supports PD fast charging and audio/video synchronization unification, several chip manufacturers including Cypress, TI, NXP, Hymetek and Lattice Semiconductor are busy launching various application chips for USB Type-C. With the accelerated launch of market supporting terminal products, from personal electronic devices such as computers, cell phones and tablets to cars, Type-C interface can be widely used, and Type-C interface is becoming the new universal interface as the market supporting end products accelerate, from personal electronic devices such as computers, mobile phones and tablets to cars, drones, smart homes and other intelligent products. At the same time, it also performs exceptionally well in video signal transmission and HD online playback, further proving its versatility and efficiency. For data cable manufacturers, the many new ways to play and functions of USB Type-C will bring a lot of highlights and will bring new cable business opportunities.

Currently in the end application, Type-C and Thunderbolt on laptop has been the mainstream application interface, the standard is the USB3.1 standard GEN2 data cable or the latest USB4 data cable, although the USB Type-C with the best two products are now still Apple's 12-inch MacBook and Google's Chrome Pixel notebook, but Other new laptop interfaces are already fully functional Type-C interfaces.

Although smartphones and laptops dominate half of the market, Type-C can bring a more comfortable solution for automotive applications in the future as the new energy vehicle industry becomes more closely integrated with mobile consumer electronics. The HDMI TYPE E interface inside automotive applications will be abandoned. As firmware updates and large media files become more prevalent in in-car infotainment systems, consumers need faster data transfer rates to reduce upload and download times, and automakers continue to add more features to their cars and integrate with cell phone applications. While vehicles handle multiple functions simultaneously, from transferring map data to playing music to interacting with the user interface, consumers still expect instant response from their infotainment systems. The current USB3.1 SuperSpeed data transfer rate of 5GbPS ensures higher bandwidth and optimal performance for gigabit transfer rate applications, enabling faster data streaming, data downloads and in-vehicle communications, not to mention the 80GbPS of USB4 2.0.

Why end-use applications like to use Type-C interface? Mainly or USB Type-C has so many benefits, USB4 not only transmits data, but it can charge up to 240 watts again, which can meet the electrical requirements of most consumer devices; in addition to a USB Type-C cable and connector to provide DisplayPort and / or SuperMHL functionality through USB Alternate mode. So more chip suppliers can target to different applications and functions to develop a series of USB Type-C products inside the end device applications. The docking station is an oddball presence, but the docking station (Docking StatIon) is indeed critical to the UBS Type-C market, allowing consumers to simply connect a cable to the dock instead of hooking up many cables. In the long run, the widespread presence of PCs, tablets and docks with multiple USB Type-C ports makes it difficult to compete with other interfaces after Type-C.

By HornmicLink_Mia @230530 19:28