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Lightning connector
Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other. Introduced in 2012 with the iPhone 5 and new iPods, Lightning superseded the 30-pin dock connector that dates back to 2001.
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New Detachable GC-HPWR Connector Delivers up to 1,000 Watts of Power for Graphics Cards as Part of ASUS' "Truly Cable-Free" BTF Ecosystem
Graphics Card High-Power (GC-HPWR), a finger connector that ASUS introduced as part of its BTF (Back-to-The-Future) ecosystem to power GPUs without the need for traditional cabling (e.g., 6/8-pin PCIe ...
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Zotac's Safety Light feature averts 16-pin power connector meltdowns on RTX 50 GPUs — the mechanism prevents GPU power-on until the cable is fully inserted
In late 2022, the news of melting RTX 4090 power connectors spread like wildfire. For the uninitiated, Nvidia was the first ...
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Apple dock connector
The current interface is USB Type C, which superseded Apple's own 30-pin and Lightning connectors as well as the 3.5mm headphones jack. The Apple device contains the socket, and the cable or ...
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New BTF 3.0 PC standard proposes no cables between PSU, motherboard and GPU
Using designs demonstrated in 2023 and 2024, a graphics card can receive up to 600W directly from the motherboard without cables. The new system from DIY-APE adds a 50-pin connector to the rear of ...