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2.7 Thunderbolt 4
The NUC 12 Extreme / Pro X Kits support Thunderbolt™ 4 with up to 40 Gbps of data throughput,
two 4k (60Hz) monitor outputs, USB3.2 (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™ 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.
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 12 Extreme / Pro X Kit provides the following Storage interfaces:
• Two internal PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 NVMe/SATA slots supporting M.2 2242/80 on the NUC 12
Extreme / Pro X Compute Element.
• One CPU-Attached internal PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 NVMe only slot located on the NUC 12 Extreme
/ Pro X 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.
NOTE
The Front Side M.2 slots are capable of double-sided M.2 devices while the Rear Side M.2 slot is
limited to single-sided M.2 devices.
2.8.1 AHCI Mode
The NUC 12 Extreme / Pro X Kit supports AHCI storage mode.
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.