April Update: USB-C, Great Place to Work, Intel Fab Tour, DALL-E
It's the last Friday in April already, so time for one of my monthly updates where I group small pieces that don't justify an entire blog post on their own.
USB-C
One of the very first posts I wrote when we started Breakfast Bytes was?One Connector to Rule Them All: USB Type-C. The date was 19th October 2015, six and a half years ago. One thing I said there was:
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The intention is that these two features are used together. Your display already has power. Connecting a single USB Type-C cable between the display and your laptop (or phone) allows the laptop/phone to be charged and for it to drive the display. The display can also provide a USB hub so that other devices such as backup disks, printers, and so on can be connected. When you arrive at your desk or at your home, you just make the single connection, and your computer is powered. It has a big display, and it can access the other peripherals. The picture below shows the sort of setup that is possible with computers, displays, hubs, printers and more all networked together and powered from a single supply to the monitor.
However, for years I never saw a display that actually worked like that. Well, now that we have returned to the office, at least occasionally, I have exactly that. A big (huge) display, which I connect to my Macbook with a single USB-C connection. That connection drives the display, provides power, so I don't even need to bring my power supply to the office, and has a USB hub to connect my mouse and keyboard. It is very convenient.
Also, on the USB-C front, the EU has proposed making USB-C the universal standard for any device that is charged using a cable. It will also be mandatory to sell?devices?separately from?chargers, on the assumption that everyone will have THEM. The intention is to get rid of all the incompatible plugs and chargers. Of course, the risk is that an even better connector comes along, but it will be illegal to use it in Europe. After all, if this law was passed (and I don't think it is passed yet anyway), we'd all be standardized on microUSB and not allowed to use USB-C.
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2 年USB-C really shocked me when I started using it. Mostly, because it just worked to connect my pretty-old work laptop to my new Dell screen. My main gripe was that there was no real way to find that out ahead of time... https://jakob.engbloms.se/archives/3268
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2 年In my home office there's a MacBook Pro connected to three 27" external monitors, all made possible with USB-C. Even my iPad Pro and Samsung S10+ phone use USB-C, so it's a standard for me. Many other devices still use the microUSB connector, so maybe we have two de-facto standards to choose from now.