In fact, when Type-C appeared, none of us thought that this interface would eventually dominate the world and become the final interface standard for data transmission in different designs and fields. Moreover, under the influence of this interface, in fact, various technologies in the past have tended to integrate. It can be said that in addition to HDMI and network interfaces, the Type-C interface has been used as a standard for data transmission specifications. The original
Type-C interface is a form factor standard for the USB interface. When it was designed, it was to support a transmission rate of 10Gbps. At the same time, the pin definitions and appearance designs of the Type-C interface are the same as those of the form factor, so there is no need to worry about inserting and reverse interfaces. I originally thought that this interface design was just a design in the development of USB interface, but no one expected that this interface would have such a great influence in the next few years. The purpose of Type-C interface before
is to replace the traditional USB interface and to undertake the task of meeting higher transmission rates. Especially in the case of Mini USB and Micro USB interfaces, it is difficult to become popular on small devices such as mobile phones. Type-C is naturally favored by manufacturers for its more user-friendly and miniaturized design and the transmission rate that can reach USB3.0 or above. Therefore, after Micro USB, in addition to Apple , which also developed a Lighting interface that can be plugged and unplugged, the Type-C interface has gradually become an interface that more Android phones like to use. Of course, this is also related to the progress of Android manufacturers in the fast charging part.
However, Type-C really completely replaces the traditional USB interface, thanks to Apple. Although Apple has set up its own portal on mobile phones, Apple has taken the lead in using the Type-C interface on Macbook, making the Type-C interface quickly popularized on other notebooks and devices. These devices use the Type-C interface, which in turn makes more digital devices preferentially use the Type-C interface in order to facilitate connection with other devices. Therefore, to the present, the Type-C interface has become the first choice for various mobile devices in terms of interfaces.
But it is interesting that it may be because of the unstoppable situation of the Type-C interface. In order to avoid becoming an obsolete specification, other data transmission technologies have also begun to rely on the Type-C interface in terms of interfaces. First, the Thunder 3 interface adopts the physical interface of Type-C, and the Thunder 3 40Gbps data cable and the Type-C USB 40Gbps data cable are common; then there is the latest DP 2.0/2.1 interface, which also uses Type-C interface, and the transmission data cable up to 80Gbps can also be common with Type-C data cables.
This means that in the future, if the user has a USB-C cable with a transmission rate of more than 40Gbps, he can not only insert the Type-C-shaped USB interface, but also use it as a Thunderbolt 3/4 cable, and it can also be used as a DP 2.0/2.1 cable, as long as the DP interface uses Type-C. It can be said that Type-C has become a unified interface standard for everyone in the PC digital industry.
This is obvious. In the future, when you buy wires, you just need to buy Type-C wires, as long as the wires indicate the 40Gbps speed. As for whether the Type-C interface is USB, Thunderbolt or DP, it is not very important. Of course, for data transmission, there is basically no difference between USB and lightning. However, if the image is transmitted, the manufacturer will probably have to mark it clearly to avoid users from inserting the wrong device. One of the reasons why the traditional DP interface must also be retained.
Currently, only the HDMI interface is still maintained in its original design. It does not consider using the Type-C interface. There are still many differences in the fields of home appliances and PC. Just as it is difficult to popularize the DP interface in the home appliance industry, the HDMI interface does not want to be fully integrated with Type-C. In addition, network cables are probably going to stick to their own standards. There is no need to consider the higher cost Type-C. Although Type-C or HDMI can support the transmission of network signals... The high transmission data cable of the Type-C interface is currently called a "full-functional data cable". It only needs to be more than 40Gbps. For this, we can only say that it is worthy of its name!
