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USB-C upgrade delivers a whopping 240W for gaming laptops and other power-hungry devices – CNET
That’s up from 100 watts for today’s USB.

A Satechi 100W USB-C charging & data cable
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An upgrade to the USB-C standard will accommodate levels of up to 240 watts, an improvement that could let you plug power-hungry devices like gaming laptops, 4K monitors and printers into the universal port. The jump in maximum power is more than double today’s 100-watt capacity.
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the industry group that develops the technology, revealed the new power levels in the version 2.1 update to its USB…
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