USB4

USB4

USB4 is a USB system specified in the USB4 specification which was released in version 1. 0 on 29 August 2019 by USB Implementers Forum. In contrast to prior USB protocol standards, USB4 requires USB-C connectors and for power delivery it requires support of USB PD.

About USB4 in brief

Summary USB4USB4 is a USB system specified in the USB4 specification which was released in version 1. 0 on 29 August 2019 by USB Implementers Forum. In contrast to prior USB protocol standards, USB4 requires USB-C connectors and for power delivery it requires support of USB PD. The architecture defines a method to share a single high-speed link with multiple end device types dynamically that best serves the transfer of data by type and application. USB4 by itself doesn’t provide any generic data transfer mechanism or device classes like USB 3. x, but serves mostly as a way to tunnel other protocols like USB3.

2, DisplayPort and optionally PCIe. The first product compatible with USB4 is Intel’s Tiger Lake processor. More USB4 devices are expected to appear in 2020, with most expected to support Thunderbolt 4 functionality as optional. Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments were among the companies that participated in USB4 Specification technical work group. During CES 2020, Intel stated their intention to allow support for USB4 products that that support all optional Thunderbolt 4 products.