System requirements
| Mac operating systems supported |
Y |
Ports & interfaces
| PCI Card form factor |
Full-height |
| Host interface |
Thunderbolt |
| Internal |
N |
Echo Express SE, Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCIe Cards
<b>Echo Express SE Open with PCIe Card ShownPCIe 2.0 Cards Over Thunderbolt</b>
Today's ultra-light notebooks, mini, and all-in-one desktop computers now have tremendous processing power, power that many people thought would only be possible in full-size desktop computers. Smaller in size and portable, they're very desirable. For many professionals, this processing power alone is not enough. You need an expansion slot to install specialty cards to connect various video and audio inputs, for processing data, and to connect to high-speed storage and networks. The problem is, only desktop computers (which aren't very portable) have slots, and currently available PCIe expansion for notebook computers has been very limited in performance—until now. If you've got a computer with Thunderbolt technology, then the Echo™ Express SE Thunderbolt™ Expansion Chassis for PCIe cards is exactly what you need.
Sonnet's Echo Express SE enables you to use a high-performance PCI Express® adapter card (sold separately) with any computer with a Thunderbolt port. Imagine using a compatible professional video capture, audio interface, SAS & SATA HBA, 8Gb Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, or RAID controller card with your iMac®, Mac® mini, MacBook® Air or MacBook Pro; this Sonnet product makes it possible!
<b>Expanding Outside the Box</b>
Sonnet harnesses the potential of Thunderbolt technology to enable you to connect a high-performance PCIe expansion card to computers without expansion slots. Developed by Intel® and brought to market with technical collaboration from Apple®, Thunderbolt technology supports high-performance data services and high-resolution displays through a single, compact port. Based on PCI Express (PCIe) and DisplayPort technologies, Thunderbolt provides support for two channels on the same connector with 10 Gb/s of throughput per channel in both directions. Connected via a Thunderbolt cable (not included, sold separately), Echo Express SE carries the computer's PCIe channel to the slot and passes both PCIe and DisplayPort data through a second Thunderbolt port for daisy chaining other devices.
