Product Introduction
The Super-Speed USB 3.0 Interface is the newest revolution in the USB standard and
will deliver the bandwidth and features required by PCs, communication devices,
and consumer electronics. USB 3.0 boasts 10 times faster data transfer speeds than
USB 2.0 while being completely backwards compatible with current USB devices and
features.
This board is a Super-Speed USB 3.0 PCI Express card. It is compliant with the PCI
Express 2.0 standard and offers up to 5Gbps data transfer speeds when connected to
USB 3.0 compliant peripherals.
This board supports all USB 3.0 High-speed devices and is backwards compatible
with current USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices. It’s a great choice to use with external hard
drives, flash drives, MP3 players, external DVD burners, card readers, digital cameras,
webcams, networking devices, video devices, and all other USB devices.
Features
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 2.0.
• Single-lane PCI express throughput (data-transfer) rates up to 5 Gbps.
• Compliant with Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification Revision 1.0.
• Supports simultaneous Operation of multiple USB 3.0, USB 2.0, and USB 1.1 devices.
• Supports the following speed data rates as follows: Low-speed (1.5 Mbps), Full-
speed (12 Mbps), High-speed (480 Mbps), Super-speed (5 Gbps).
• Compliant with Intel’s eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) Specification
Revision 0.96.
• Receiving power from the systems power supply.
• Hot-swapping features allows you to connect & disconnect devices without
powering down the system.
• Supports Windows XP/Vista/8 (32/64 bit).
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