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Smallest Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis launched
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Expansion manufacturer mLogic is now shipping its PCIe Thunderbolt expansion chassis worldwide. The mLink chassis enables selected PCIe cards such as RAID controllers, 10GigE, Fiber Channel and audio-video capture cards to connect to Mac desktop and laptop computers through the Thunderbolt interface. The new expansion case allows installation of half-length, Thunderbolt-aware PCIe cards, and boasts two high-performance 10Gbit-per-second Thunderbolt ports. The mLink supports daisy-chaining of up to six Thunderbolt peripherals in the industry's smallest (8.1x2.75x5.9 inch) and lightest Thunderbolt expansion chassis.
The mLogic mLink PCIe expansion case can be purchased for $399.
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The irony surrounding PCIe Thunderbolt expansion chassis is the requirement that drivers under OSX be "Thunderbolt aware". I always thought this was a little strange as Thunderbolt connectivity should be transparent from a hardware perspective. In addition, when using Thunderbolt on Windows, PCIe cards do not need to be Thunderbolt-aware in order to work with the chassis. Since Thunderbolt was first available on OSX, I would have thought the OS would have been modified to abstract the Thunderbolt interface for PCIe bus connectivity. Perhaps, I am missing something?
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Hot plug.
Many PCIe drivers don't expect their hardware to disappear out from under them.
This needs to be handled gracefully or your system is toast if a cable is unplugged.
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Aha! I was was overlooking something.
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