You’ll find faster variants of USB-C (called Thunderbolt 3, 4 or 5) on the MacBook Pro (post-2016 models), MacBook Air (post-2018), the iMac (after 2017) and Mac mini (2018 and later).
In this case, someone (not me) somehow managed to totally demolish the mini USB port in their new Motorola cell phone. Surface mount repairs can be challenging without some serious tools ...
No problem, just get a low-dropout 3.3V regulator and run that off the USB port. Then ... seen the reverse of this hack before, a Mini PCI-e to USB adapter used to add a 12-axis sensor to ...
Connecting an adapter to a USB port is all it takes—there is no need to install PCIe cards or dismember your laptop to replace that broken network card or upgrade it to a newer standard.