Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jacobolus 2544 days ago
You can buy cords with USB-C on one end and USB-A or USB-B on the other end. No need to dump all of your devices.

> Also, try to find a true USB-C hub.

I don’t understand why USB-C hubs and USB-C on power strips don’t really exist yet. They would be very useful.

1 comments

When I looked into the issue of USB-C hubs some time ago, all I could find is this claim in a blog article [0] that suitable chips for such USB-C-hubs are not available:

> Update (2018-07-30): Accidental Tech Podcast reports on a rumor that next year Intel will finally ship the chip that’s needed for making a USB-C that adds additional type-C ports.

[0] https://mjtsai.com/blog/2017/10/14/the-impossible-dream-of-u...