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2.7 Thunderbolt 4
The NUC 11 Extreme Kits support Thunderbolt™ 4 with up to 40 Gbps of data throughput, two 4k
(60Hz) monitor outputs, USB3.1 (Gen 2) connection and charging capabilities up to 5V at 3A via
the back panel USB Type C connectors. Item D in Figure 8 shows the location of the rear panel
USB Type C ports.
NOTE
The two Thunderbolt™ 3 connectors share maximum available bandwidth between the two ports
where a single device can utilize the full allocation until those resources are dynamically
reassigned and or shared.
For information about
Refer to
Compatible Thunderbolt™ 4 devices
Thunderbolt™ 4 information
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/article
s/000027966.html
http://www.intel.com/Thunderbolt
2.8 Storage Options
The NUC 11 Extreme Kit provides the following Storage interfaces:
• Two internal PCIe Gen 3 x4 M.2 NVMe/SATA slots supporting M.2 2242/80 on the NUC 11
Extreme Compute Element.
• One internal PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 NVMe only slot located on the NUC 11 Extreme Element.
• One internal PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 NVMe only slot located on the baseboard accessible through
the bottom access panel of the chassis. See section 2.15.3 for access location.
The PCH provides independent SATA ports with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 6 Gb/s. A
point-to-point interface is used for host to device connections.
2.8.1 AHCI Mode
The NUC 11 Extreme Kit supports AHCI storage mode.
NOTE
In order to use AHCI mode, AHCI must be enabled in the BIOS. Microsoft* Windows* 10 includes
the necessary AHCI drivers without the need to install separate AHCI drivers during the operating
system installation process; however, it is always good practice to update the AHCI drivers to the
latest available by Intel.
2.8.2 NVMe
The board supports M.2 NVM Express* (NVMe) drives. NVMe is an optimized, high-performance
scalable host controller interface designed to utilize PCIe-based solid-state storage. NVMe is
designed to provide efficient access to storage devices built with non-volatile memory, from
current NAND flash technology to future, higher performing persistent memory technologies like
Optane. NVMe is designed to meet serial bandwidth requirements and very high IOPs. It is based