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2.7 Thunderbolt 4
The NUC 13 Extreme Kits and Compute Elements support Thunderbolt™ 4 with up to 40 Gbps of
data throughput, two 4k (60Hz) monitor outputs, USB4 connection and charging capabilities up to
5V at 3A via the back panel USB Type C connectors. Item D in Figure 9 shows the location of the
rear panel USB Type C ports.
NOTE
The two Thunderbolt™ 4 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.
The KF SKUs do not feature Thunderbolt 4 ports.
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 13 Extreme Kit provides the following Storage interfaces:
• One PCH-Attached PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 NVMe/SATA slot, supporting M.2 2242/80 on the NUC
13 Extreme Compute Element.
• One PCH-Attached PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 NVMe slot, support M.2 2242/2280 on the NUC 13
Extreme Compute Element.
• One CPU-Attached internal PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 NVMe only slot located on the NUC 13 Extreme
Element.
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.
Figure 4 shows the locations of the M.2 slots.
2.8.1 AHCI Mode
The NUC 13 Extreme Kit supports AHCI storage mode on the SATA supporting NVMe Slot 1, and
the two SATA ports on the baseboard in the chassis.
NOTE
In order to use AHCI mode, AHCI must be enabled in the BIOS. Microsoft* Windows* 11 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.