First there was USB 3.0. Technically the standard included older speeds, but people called the new one "3.0" and all was good.
Then 3.1 came out. But what about the poor manufacturers with 3.0-speed ports? Well, someone decided they could call those ports "3.1 Gen 1".
And it was all downhill from there. 3.1 Gen 1 became 3.2 Gen 1, and now becomes USB4 Gen 1. They added more "Gens", even ones where the word "generation" makes no sense. Now the number tells you nothing about speed, and there are two separate nomenclatures for speed that are both confusing.
And I'm still not sure if they did or did not ever implement Gen 1x2...
(It being USB4 instead of USB 4.0 is another stupid poke in the eye on top of everything else.)
First there was USB 3.0. Technically the standard included older speeds, but people called the new one "3.0" and all was good.
Then 3.1 came out. But what about the poor manufacturers with 3.0-speed ports? Well, someone decided they could call those ports "3.1 Gen 1".
And it was all downhill from there. 3.1 Gen 1 became 3.2 Gen 1, and now becomes USB4 Gen 1. They added more "Gens", even ones where the word "generation" makes no sense. Now the number tells you nothing about speed, and there are two separate nomenclatures for speed that are both confusing.
And I'm still not sure if they did or did not ever implement Gen 1x2...
(It being USB4 instead of USB 4.0 is another stupid poke in the eye on top of everything else.)