Re: USB Host-Host cables

[rhkramer@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 09:59:28 AM tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> Parallel doesn't necessarily mean 8 bit. And 100BaseT sends three voltage
> levels over the differential pair, so it's a tad more than 1.5 bits per
> "wire". But then, it's 4B5B (because it has to weave in the clock) so
> it's a tad less. 1 gigabit uses more pairs, but I guess each one is used
> serially (because of clock skew), so it's more like "a bundle of serial",

A good description ("bundle of serial").

> and uses a more complex modulation (PAM), so it's more bits/baud even.
> 
> I think the "classical" distinction serial/parallel breaks down a bit
> here...