Ports & interfaces
| DC-in jack |
N |
| Line-out |
N |
| Line-in |
N |
| FireWire 400 |
N |
| Ports quantity |
2 |
| USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity |
2 |
Performance
| Card reader integrated |
N |
| Hot-swap |
Y |
| Data transfer rate |
5000 Mbit/s |
Other features
| Compliance industry standards |
OHCI, EHCI, xHCI |
| Chipset |
NEC |
| Installed ports |
2 |
| Supported data transfer rates |
12 Mbps, 480 Mbps |
| Mac compatibility |
Y |
2 x USB 3.0 A, 5 Gbps, ExpressCard/34, PCI Express 2.0, 2.5W
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