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Older USB ports can come in white, black, blue, red, yellow, or orange, signaling their data transfer speeds, and in some cases their support for passive or always-on power functions. The USB-IF and ...

Outfitted with an integrated microcontroller, four downstream USB 3.0/2.0 ports, and a variety of serial communication interfaces, the USB5734 Smart Hub controller from Microchip enables host and ...

USB ports are not the easiest connections to understand. For years, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has struggled to come up with a way to clearly label the many iterations of this common wired ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...

The first step in knowing what to do is the assess the situation. Look at what you currently have and what you want to achieve. What do you use your computer for and what do you want to use it for in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. USB ports on your PC or laptop are designed to supply a specific amount of power to connected devices. For example, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized ...