The Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Card enables high-speed data transfer to accelerate everyday tasks and applications. Video editing studios in particular can greatly benefit by being able to smoothly transfer, display and edit 4K videos in real-time. Thunderbolt 4 devices can also be used by a NAS with a Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Cards when connected using standard Thunderbolt 4 certificated cables or passive Thunderbolt 3 cables shorter than 0.8 meters.