Compliant with Serial ATA 3.0 specification, backward compatible with SATA2.0 SATA1.0; PCI Express v2.0 compliant, backward compatible with PCI Express v1.0.
Supports communication speeds of 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps; supports Gen 1i, Gen 1x, Gen 2i, Gen 2m, Gen 2x, and Gen 3i.
Supports AHCI1.0 mode and IDE mode, native command queue (NCQ), FIS based on port multiplier switch or command switching and hot plug.