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USB 3.1 Ships in Laptops, USB Dev Days, Charging Safety, USB 3.1 Chip Prices

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October 21, 2015

I’m super excited to report that USB 3.1 Gen 2 is now shipping (will be shipping soon) in laptops. Yes Laptops! This is about 6 months before I expected it to happen.

You’ll now find it in MSI, Gigabyte, Acer, and Lenovo models.

These 4 laptops all appear to use the Alpine Ridge chip which uses / supports the Type C connector and the 10 Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds.

Which is pretty cool.

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