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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23053867\/first-240w-usb-c-4-power-delivery-cables-20-40-gbps<\/a>
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It\u2019s been almost a year since we told you how next-gen USB-C cables would nearly double the amount of power they can carry to 240W<\/a>, enough to let you ditch the proprietary power brick for all but the beefiest gaming laptops. Now, we\u2019re seeing the first signs of life: the first USB-C 2.1 cables have<\/a> broken<\/a> cover<\/a> with up to 240W of power and up to 40Gbps of data. They\u2019re from a Dutch manufacturer named Club3D (via Tom\u2019s Hardware<\/em><\/a>) that doesn\u2019t sell cables on its website, and they don\u2019t yet seem to be in stock at retailers yet either. <\/p>\n

Not that you\u2019d necessarily want to buy one yet, of course! There aren\u2019t any gadgets designed to use 240W of USB-C power yet, nor are there any 240W USB-C chargers, so these cables aren\u2019t going to offer you anything new \u2018til the chicken-and-egg issue gets resolved. <\/p>\n

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But that\u2019s not the only caveat you should be aware of. As we feared last September when the USB Implementers Forum released its USB-C 2.1 branding guidelines<\/a>, it looks like manufacturers are still free to mix and match which capabilities you\u2019ll actually get from a cable. <\/p>\n

Not only does Club3D have a one-meter cable with the holy grail of 8K \/ 60 video, 40Gbps of data, and 240W of power, but it\u2019s also got a two-meter cable with only half the data rate. And \u2014 get this \u2014 there\u2019s a third two-meter cable that only carries a paltry 480Mbps of data. (That one\u2019s stuck at USB 2.0 speeds for some reason.)<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, it does look like these cables will be clearly marked to let you know which capabilities they actually carry \u2014 thank you USB-IF for the labels! Hopefully other cablemakers will follow suit. And it\u2019s good to know that a 240W cable can stretch to at least six and a half feet long, though hopefully we\u2019ll see even longer ones, too. While 240W may sound like a lot of watts, a typical household AC outlet can put out thousands. <\/p>\n