The Vantec 2-Port USB 3.1 Gen II Type A/C PCIe Host Card is design to offer the latest in USB 3.1 Technology. This Card provides clocking speed of up to 10Gbps, twice of USB 3.0 (5Gbps) and almost 20 times of USB 2.0(480Mbps). USB 3.1 SuperSpeed Plus enables you to access and transfer data extremely faster and simple with external storage devices. It is backward compatible to USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and USB 1.1, to ensuring compatibility with existing external USB devices. The ports are design to provide better power for bus powered devices. - Half height PCI_E Gen2 x 4 add on card with 2 port USB 3.1 interface - Chipset ASMedia ASM1142, PCI Express to USB 3.1 host controller - Compliant to Universal Serial Bus 3.1 specification Revision 1.0 - Backward compatible to USB 3.0 and 2.0 - Compliant with extensible Host Controller interface specification Revision 1.1 - Support Control, Bulk, Stream, Interrupt, Isochronous transfer type - PCI Express Gen2 x 2 with clocking speed up to 10Gbps - Comes with low profile bracket for Slim Design Chassis - Supports PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification Release 2.0 - Supports PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification Release 1.2 - Support driver on Windows 7 and native drivers for Windows 8.1/10 - Support Linux kernel 3.13.0 & above