0424:20fc — 6-in-1 Card Reader

This is the USB identifier for a 6-in-1 Card Reader manufactured by Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC). The vendor ID 0424 is registered to Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 20fc is the product ID that Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0424:20fc Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) 6-in-1 Card Reader.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:20fc Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) 6-in-1 Card Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0424:20fc, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0424:20fc. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0424, idProduct=20fc.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_0424&PID_20FC
USB\VID_0424&PID_20FC&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0424&PID_20FC"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    6-in-1 Card Reader:
      Product ID: 0x20fc
      Vendor ID: 0x0424  (Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC))

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page. Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) official support →

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

0424  Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC)
	20fc  6-in-1 Card Reader

• 0424:0fdc Floppy
• 0424:10cd Sitecom Internal Multi Memory reader/writer MD-005
• 0424:2020 USB Hub
• 0424:20cd Sitecom Internal Multi Memory reader/writer MD-005
• 0424:2134 Hub
• 0424:2228 9-in-2 Card Reader
• 0424:223a 8-in-1 Card Reader
• 0424:2412 Hub

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