To quote the article:

a Type-B that seems to have a proprietary connector and a Type-C that is compatible with the USB-C standard.

So its half proprietary. No thanks!

I think it's aimed at TVs in general, not computer monitors. Many people mount their TVs to the wall, and having a single cable to run hidden in the wall would be awesome.

Nah, it's for powering the 1000w RTX 6090.

The popular use for power delivery through a display cable is charging a laptop from your monitor; it's already very common with Thunderbolt or USB-4 monitors. But 480W seems a bit overkill for that.

It would just put extra thermal load on the GPU.

Passing power through doesn't have to put noticeable load on the GPU. The main problem I see there is getting even more power to the GPU - Nvidia's top cards are already at the melting point for their power connector.

Thought of this too, with the addition "so we can control that market".

That's a lot of power! Are there even any devices that use this?

See, IDK anything about data and power and cables but I dislike the vibe when I dock my laptop with that itty bitty USB-C connector that does power and 2x monitors and networking and peripherals.

I did buy the bonkers expensive proper cable from lenovo, and it does generally just work, but maybe once every few weeks I have to unplug & re-plug.

More power and more data through the same cable just seems daft.

USB standard is up to what, 40Gbps and 240W? That's pushing the envelope already. We'll see if this new standard can prove itself, anyways.

SFP? You mean the every device has slots to plug in different transceiver modules? I guess that would make it more future proof, but I think that will raise the cost, and might confuse ordinary people.

You have to think about the slot-transceiver compatibility and transceiver-medium compatibility then. Hmm... but I guess that would make it more transparent what is going on than having those chips embedded inside the cables, but not sure if we can leave them out, and require the end users to take care of thinking of all these compatibilities themselves or risk fire hazards.

So is HDMI? Smaller connectors aren't always better, and it's not like it's SCART size or something.

If you’re gonna release a new standard, may as well have the headroom for future growth so it’s not outdated too soon in the future.

Your research would be incorrect

Now you can use one cable for two 80".

It depends on the voltage used. If they run 48V which seems to be supported by USB-C EPR. Then the cable has to do the same 5A it's capable of doing today. Then the heat is the same.

When it comes to their own new connector/cable they can use even higher voltage or more/thicker conductors for power.

No, we don't. Apple proprietary nonsense isn't worth the metal it's made of.

the GPMI cable comes in two flavors — a Type-B that seems to have a proprietary connector and a Type-C that is compatible with the USB-C standard

I actually copied this from the article to come here to the comments and have a whinge about all the different USB-C standards, and here you are explaining the reason why.

In case anyone is wondering, yes, this is utter nonsense. The EU made USB-C mandatory only as a charger for portable devices like phones, tablets, headphones and mice. That's all. This new standard, unwelcome as it is, has nothing to do with charging phones so there's no reason why it can't be used in the EU.

But let's not allow measley facts get in the way of having a moan at nothing, shall we? Fucking EU. Forcing us to [checks notes] charge all out things using a single connector, reducing e-waste, and, uh, ensuring there's lots of futureproofing built-in. BASTARDS.

I think you could have a second connector in addition to a main USBC.

Honestly we need higher capacity for screen cables for PC. Both HDMI and display port are limiting performance because of their low, 40-80gbps, bandwidth. Their performance maxes out at 4k120hz with uncompressed HDR color. You can't use 8k screens or multiple 4k screens without lowering quality.