“Intel’s Thunderbolt interface is frustratingly fast,” Anand Lal Shimpi reports for AnandTech. “The frustration comes from the fact that there just aren’t many Thunderbolt devices out on the market today, not to mention that the vast majority of systems don’t support the interface.”
“One potential usage model is for a notebook to connect to an external box offering PCIe slots,” Lal Shimpi reports. “It’s this usage model that Magma hopes to target with its ExpressBox 3T.”
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Lal Shimpi reports, “The ExpressBox 3T features three PCIe 2.0 expansion slots in an external chassis. No word on the width of each slot (x4? x8? x16?). The box has an internal 220W power supply and there’s no support for auxillary power connectors so you can forget about installing a beefy video card. Magma hasn’t announced pricing or availability or any other details for that matter.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” and “Andrew W.” for the heads up.]