Another technology that engineers have considered is multi-conductor cable technology, that is, a cable containing a large number of single wires. The most prominent example is USB Type-C, which has established itself in the PC world, combining power and data into the same cable. However, Type-C cables are limited to meters in length and are expensive to manufacture. They also limit bandwidth to 5Gbit/s per channel, and require transceivers to divide data into those channels, adding additional cost.
While more and more data connectivity solutions such as automotive Ethernet are emerging, some legacy technologies that have been used in cars for many years may continue to be used in simple use cases at low data rates. Such as Local Area Interconnect Networks (LIN), which only require relatively economical chipsets and connectors.