> Cost will come down as volume goes up. I have no doubt overall cost will go down, but I'm curious by how much can we reasonably expect, and if said differenc

> Cost will come down as volume goes up. I have no doubt overall cost will go down, but I'm curious by how much can we reasonably expect, and if said difference is actually meaningful. Consider Type-C qualification testing[1] as it stands...it's quite convoluted. Any cost savings from volume economies of scale would be all for nought if testing such high-performance products can't scale proportionally. Given Type-C was specifically designed for the cost sensitive consumer market from the onset and how capability keeps increasing in ways that make one wonder if it's even the same fundamental underlying technology anymore, I wonder how close to the "market noise floor" a qualified device truly is. In the defense/aerospace industry, it's commonplace for a $0.07 electronic component to have $10 of testing behind it before profit and indirect costs are baked in. Same outcome with MIL-DTL-38999 interconnect, which has literally been around for longer than I've been alive, supplied by multiple competing manufacturers, and leveraged by multiple industries (not just mil/aero)--testing requirements ultimately keep costs high. Although not the mil/aero market, it wouldn't surprise me if Type-C is already close to a similar point of diminishing returns. [1] https://www.usb.org/usbc https://www.usb.org/usbc