Laptops aren’t exactly renowned for his or her expandability, especially those beautiful slivers of aluminum from Apple. (Simply upgrading the RAM in your Air requires you escape the soldering iron.) Magma has an answer, the ExpressBox 3T. This silver case houses its own 220w power supply and a trio of PCIe 2.0 slots. Two of these slots are of the x8 variety (though you could hold an x16 card) while the third is scaled back to x4. And so they all seek advice from your notebook via that wonderful little port called Thunderbolt . It even comes with a carrying case which, we suppose, makes this hunk of metal “portable,” but we certainly wouldn’t desire to lug it around fairly often. Sadly there isn’t any info just yet about price or release date, but we do have a gallery of imagery below and the entire PR after the break.
Sleek design of Magma’s new ExpressBox 3T to be on display at Intel Developer Forum
San Diego, CA – September 7, 2011 – Magma, an innovative and visionary developer of PCI Express® connectivity products, introduces ExpressBox 3T, a ramification chassis with three PCIe slots and a lightning fast connection through Thunderbolt. The introduction of Thunderbolt technology is a superb opportunity for Magma to support a higher generation of “outside the box” high-speed connectivity. Magma’s ExpressBox 3T provides a simple, rock solid migration route to newer and faster Apple computers while protecting the customers’ investment in specialized PCI Express peripherals made for video capture and edit, broadcast video, pro audio, communications, data acquisition and more.
Developed by Intel® with collaboration from Apple, Thunderbolt is a high-speed I/O technology running at 10Gbps per channel that brings together high-speed data transfer and high-definition (HD) display directly to a single cable. High performance workflows are possible by connecting a Thunderbolt equipped computer to a Magma ExpressBox 3T containing PCIe cards for video capture, media transcoding, audio processing, and fast data storage. And since Thunderbolt is usually in keeping with DisplayPort technology, a high-resolution display may well be daisy chained along with your Magma ExpressBox 3T.
“ExpressBox 3T is the primary Magma expansion product specifically made for Thunderbolt-equipped computers. Now, with Thunderbolt technology, mobile, and all-in-one customers have quick access to the fastest I/O technology available today,” says Randy Jones, CEO and President at Magma. “ExpressBox 3T is a “must-have” expansion solution for media creators. Magma retains its leadership position by continuing to introduce leading edge technology for media production and other computing professionals.”
Product Information
ExpressBox 3T is a graceful anodized silver chassis with three PCIe 2.0 slots, a cooling fan, a 220W internal power supply, and travel bag for simple transportation. ExpressBox 3T and as much as six Thunderbolt devices could be daisy-chained including Thunderbolt and DisplayPort displays. Magma is actively working with development partners together with Apple, Avid, AJA, Red, ATTO, Fusion-io and Promise Technology to validate application performance with ExpressBox 3T in broadcast video and pro audio environments.
About Magma
Magma develops and manufactures PCI & PCI Express Expansion Systems for servers, desktops and transportable platforms. Magma’s patented expansion products extend your system’s PCI and PCI Express outside the pc over cable to a chassis containing additional card slots. Magma’s ExpressBox™ line of goods includes enclosed and non-enclosed solutions starting from low-end single slot expansion products to fault-tolerant, highly reliable, accessible and serviceable (RAS) chassis specifically designed for mission critical environments. Magma is devoted to providing rock solid expansion products for the foremost demanding configurations. As new interconnect protocols become available, Magma will continue its leadership position on the forefront of expansion technology innovation. Magma products are platform independent, and are utilized in various industries including audio and video production, test and measurement, medical imaging, surveillance, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, data acquisition, and high performance computing. Magma’s team of experienced engineers have been developing expansion and connectivity solutions since 1987. Magma products are assembled in San Diego, CA and battle through rigorous certification and quality processes. Magma is the trade name of Mission Technology Group, Inc.
Magma and ExpressBox are trademarks of Mission Technology Group, Inc. Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation within the US and/or other countries. All trademarks are the valuables of the respective trademark owners.
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