Small and portable: The USB extension cable multiport is as thin and light as possible, making it easy to carry with your ultrabook for work and travel. It comes beautifully packaged in a gift box for storage and use. Easy to use: The hub includes a builtin performance chip to keep your device and data safe, and it supports hotplugging. No software or drivers are required; just plug and play. When connecting power devices, please provide additional power through the MicroUSB port on the USB adapter. 7Port USB 3.0 hub: Turns one USB port into seven, supporting USB flash drives, mice, keyboards, printers, or any other USB peripherals. 5Gbps data transfer speed: This USB 3.0 hub delivers data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps, more than 10 times faster than USB 2.0, fast enough to transfer a HD movie in seconds. Typical uses: Desk setup: connect keyboard, mouse, USB drive, and printer to a single laptop port, keeping the laptop's own ports . Travel and remote work: expand compatibility for external drives and USB peripherals while on the go. Quick access to peripherals: plug in USB drives or other USB devices as needed without rebooting.