USB naming conventions have always been confusing, but perhaps none more so than USB 3.2 Gen 1 and Gen 2. Here's what you need to know about the two standards.

USB 3.2 Gen 2: Previously known as USB 3.1, and then later as USB 3.1 Gen 2. It offers speeds at up to 10Gbps. USB 3.2 Gen 2x2: formally known as USB 3.2, it’s the newest and fastest spec ...

USB 3.2 Gen 2 (previously referred to as USB 3.1, or formally as USB 3.1 Gen 2) has a 10Gbps transfer rate and is now officially known as SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps. USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (the latest spec ...

You have a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 compatible device with plenty going for it. If you have a compatible system, the XS2000 is a no-brainer with speeds that are within touching distance of Thunderbolt 3.

USB 3.2 will be known by the technical name USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 seeing as it makes use of two high-speed 10 Gbps channels. It succeeds USB 3.1 Gen 2, which will now be called USB 3.2 Gen 2, while the ...

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That means the older USB 3.0 standard, which offers 5Gbps speeds, will now be called USB 3.2 Gen 1. Meanwhile, USB 3.1, which offers 10Gbps speeds, will be rebranded USB 3.2 Gen 2. The 20Gbps USB ...

"USB 3.2 Gen 2×2." Because they work by running two 10Gb/s connections along different pairs of wires simultaneously, and it's just obvious from arithmetic that you'd number the generations "1, 2 ...

Moving on, we also have the USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 standard that offers data transfer speeds of up to 20 Gbps. That’s twice what you can get from USB 3.2 Gen 2. However, most manufacturers skipped it ...

What we used to call USB 3.1 Gen 1 will be “USB 3.2 Gen 1”. USB 3.1 Gen 2 becomes “USB 3.2 Gen 2.” Are we being cheated? The naming is perhaps a mess, particularly as these standards had ...

Plugable has released a new 2.5Gbps Ethernet adapter, compatible with USB-C and USB 3.2 Gen 1. Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor Senior Contributing Editor ...