I know it may be surprising, but bandwidth is a really important factor for speed in deep learning, and USB-C would help with that.

USB-C is a connector, and has no effect on speed.

I think you're referring to USB 3.1 gen2, which would double the theoretical bandwidth to 10Gbps.

If so I'm amazed, because I have never seen someone conflate those two before. I've seen plenty of people conflate USB-C and USB 3 in general, but not specifically thinking USB-C implies the 10gbps mode.

My assumption is that they never would build more capacity into a device, whose only interface was USB 2.0, than USB 2.0 can actually handle.

I thought the stick was USB 3.0?

O.K. yes.

I went back, looked, and yes it does support USB 3.0. Actually given the chip itself also apparently supports GigE it's a shame there isn't the option with that brought out.

As make3 said, bandwidth can be important, but it's also becoming more-so the case that people have computers that only come with USB-C. Obviously not a dealbreaker since people can just buy an adapter, but it's an issue worth bringing up.