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  • OWC unveils Thunderbolt Hub with multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports

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    I think this works only for devices that support Thunderbolt 4, which allows for hub topology, unlike the daisy-chaining that Thunderbolt 3 requires. Thunderbolt 4 is only released on Intel 11th gen mobile chipsets, which a few early PC ultrabooks will be shipping with.
    Confirmed: This works on any TB3 Mac with Big Sur.

    We'll be discussing it more in December.
    I'd love if this were true, as Intel said that Thunderbolt 3 is hardware (ie the controllers) limited to not being able support a tree-like hub topology - it's not a question of OS as far as I thought. But if true it would really help with devices that have only 2 TB ports.

    [Edit] Going through the order flow OWC now added a dialog that lets you select TB3 Mac and M1 Mac vs a TB4 version.
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