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Practical guides on cables, connectors and adapters — HDMI, USB-C, DisplayPort and more — from the Tonetron (Taitron) engineering team.

2026-04-08 USB Type-C® Cable and Connector Specification Release 2.5 - USB-IF USB Type-C® Cable and Connector Specification Release 2.5    USB-IF
2025-06-12 PCIe 7.0: New Version Released PCI-SIG released v0.5 of the PCIe 7.0 specification, on track for a 2025 final version. PCIe 7.0 doubles per-pin speed to 128 GT/s (512 GB/s bidirectional x16) using PAM4, retains FLIT and FEC, and pushes the physical layer to ~32GHz. PCI-SIG is also developing copper cabling specs and an Optical Working Group for PCIe over fiber.
2025-01-15 HDMI Certificate for 2025: Ensuring Quality and Compatibility Taitron is capable of designing and producing certified Ultra High Speed HDMI cables supporting 4K60Hz and 8K60Hz, including HDMI Type A, Type C and Type D cables and converters.
2025-01-01 Introduction to HDMI 2.2 Launched by the HDMI Forum at CES 2025, HDMI 2.2 doubles bandwidth to 96 Gbps, supporting up to 4K@480Hz, 8K@240Hz and 10K@120Hz. It adds the Latency Indication Protocol (LIP) for audio-video sync and introduces the certified Ultra96 HDMI cable.
2024-11-05 Full-Function USB-C Data Cables for New Energy Vehicles: Screen Mirroring and Charging in One A full-function USB-C cable enables simultaneous screen mirroring and charging in new energy vehicles. It supports CarPlay, HiCar, CarWith and more across many car brands, uses a smart shunting chip with dual-channel independent control, delivers up to 120W PD charging, and offers durable, stable performance.
2024-09-06 About the Berlin IFA Show – International Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances Exhibition At the 2024 Berlin IFA Show (Sept 6–10), Taitron Electronics will release new multi-protocol USB-C data cables, smart one-to-two USB-C cables, VR/AR data streaming cables, USB-C 2.0/3.0/10G/20G/40G cables and a USB-C docking station, at booth H15-100.
2024-03-18 USB4 Gen4 Type-C 80Gbps: A Revolutionary Data Transfer Technology Announced by USB-IF in 2022 as USB4 2.0, USB4 Gen4 Type-C delivers up to 80 Gbps via Type-C cables using PAM3 encoding, supports asymmetric 120/40 Gbps for DisplayPort 2.1 displays, is backward-compatible with prior USB and Thunderbolt 3, and serves gaming, content creation and data centers.
2023-08-15 Tonetron's USB4 Cable Passes USB-IF Association USB4 Certification Tonetron's USB4 cable has passed the USB4 certification of the USB-IF Association. The certified product is the USB4 GEN3 USB Type-C to USB Type-C 0.8M 5A cable (TID 6801).
2023-05-30 USB-C 240W Fast Charging: Revolutionizing the Charging Experience USB-C 240W (PD 3.1) fast charging dramatically cuts charging time. realme's GT Neo5 was the first mass-produced 240W phone in 2023. The article covers GaN chargers, 21AWG cables, PD chips (Infineon EZ-PD PMG1-B2, Leadtrend LD6618), plus advantages, challenges and trends.
2022-09-01 Charging Comparison of the iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 13 Pro Max A hands-on comparison of fast charging on the iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Both support around 27W peak, and a 20W charger is not enough for either; a 30W–35W charger offers the most cost-effective charging experience.
2021-09-22 What Are the Advantages of PCIe 4.0 Solid-State Drives? While PCIe 7.0 (512 GB/s bidirectional x16) targets high-end fields, PCIe 4.0 is more than enough for consumers. PCIe 4.0 x4 reaches ~7.88 GB/s versus PCIe 3.0 x4's ~3938 MB/s, offering faster sequential and 4K random read/write, M.2 compatibility and longer life.
2021-06-09 CTIS Consumer Technology & Innovation Expo, Shanghai, June 9–11, 2021 Tonetron will attend the CTIS Consumer Technology and Innovation Expo in Shanghai from June 9 to 11, 2021, showcasing new HDMI, DP and Type-C single/multi-port docking stations and other new products at booth 3D20.
2021-04-20 Taitron Electronic Limited Successfully Obtains HDMI 2.1 ATC Qualification Dongguan Taitron Electronic Limited has successfully obtained the HDMI 2.1 ATC test developed by the HDMI Association, enabling customers to produce standard HDMI cables that meet HDMI Association requirements.
2021-03-10 Differences Between HDMI and DisplayPort (DP) Versions HDMI is led by TV makers and requires a licensing fee, while DisplayPort is developed by a PC/chip consortium and is royalty-free. This article compares bandwidth and supported resolutions across HDMI 1.4/2.0/2.1 and DP 1.0/1.2/1.4, plus where each is used.
2020-07-08 About DisplayPort Technology DisplayPort is a royalty-free digital video interface promoted by VESA (scheduled for May 2006) to replace VGA, DVI and FPD-Link. It uses packet-based micro-packet transmission, carries audio and video, and supports up to four data lanes at 1.62/2.7/5.4 Gbit/s.
2020-07-08 Intel Releases Thunderbolt 4: Differences Between Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 Thunderbolt, co-developed by Intel and Apple, keeps the 40 Gbps bandwidth of Thunderbolt 3 in Thunderbolt 4 but upgrades minimum requirements: dual 4K (or single 8K) display support, 32 Gbps PCIe data, Intel VT-d DMA protection, and sleep-wake via dock keyboard/mouse.
2020-05-12 What Is an MFi License? Apple's MFi ("Made for iPhone/iPod/iPad") certification licenses authorized accessory makers to use Apple's logo. With a pass rate of only about 2%, it signals quality, compatibility and adherence to Apple's strict supplier code of conduct.
2019-03-15 What Is HDMI 2.1? Find Out What's New in HDMI 2.1 HDMI 2.1, first released in November 2017, is the most significant upgrade to the HDMI standard, raising bandwidth to 48 Gbps (2.67x that of HDMI 2.0) and adding dynamic HDR, eARC, VRR, QFT, ALLM, QMS and DSC 1.2a support for up to 10K resolution.
2019-02-07 USB 2.0 Electrical Compliance Test Specification Version 1.07 February, 2019 - USB-IF USB 2.0 Electrical Compliance Test Specification Version 1.07 February, 2019    USB-IF
2017-11-28 HDMI Inc. Releases HDMI 2.1 An overview of the HDMI 2.1 standard released by HDMI Inc.: 48 Gbps bandwidth (2.67x HDMI 2.0), support for up to 10K@120fps, dynamic HDR, eARC, VRR, QFT, ALLM and DSC 1.2a.
2004-10-25 Universal Serial Bus Mass Storage Specification For Bootability - USB-IF Universal Serial Bus Mass Storage Specification For Bootability    USB-IF