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Others have mentioned tighter tolerance in the cable and PCB parameters.

Each successive frequency increase has required more complex PHY design.

On the digital side : more sophisticated bit encoding schemes

On the analog side : tighter tolerances for clocking and signal jitter, more sophisticated transmitter and receiver technology (better emphasis/deemphasis, better equalization)

Here's taste of the PHY changes : https://www.chipestimate.com/Type-C-USB31-PHY-Challenges-in-...



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