ExpressCard

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ExpressCard

Year created	2003
Supersedes	PC Card
Superseded by	Thunderbolt (2011)
No. of devices	1 per slot
Speed	480 Mbit/s effective (USB 2 mode) 1.6 Gbit/s effective (PCIe 1 mode) 3.2 Gbit/s effective (PCIe 2 or USB 3 mode)
Style	Serial
Hotplugging interface	Yes
External interface	Yes

ExpressCard, initially called NEWCARD,^[1] is an interface to connect peripheral devices to a computer, usually a laptop computer. The ExpressCard technical standard specifies the design of slots built into the computer and of expansion cards to insert in the slots. The cards contain electronic circuits and sometimes connectors for external devices. The ExpressCard standard replaces the PC Card (also known as PCMCIA) standards.

ExpressCards can connect a variety of devices to a computer including mobile broadband modems (sometimes called connect cards), IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connectors, USB connectors, Ethernet network ports, Serial ATA storage devices, solid-state drives, external enclosures for desktop-size PCI Express graphics cards and other peripheral devices, wireless network interface controllers (NIC), TV tuner cards, Common Access Card (CAC) readers, and sound cards.