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UAD Xpander Getting Started

UAD-Xpander

http://www.uaudio.com/products/discontinued/uadxpander/index.html

The UAD-Xpander is the world's first ExpressCard audio DSP expansion system for Mac OS X and Windows Vista laptops. Using an ultra-fast ExpressCard 34 connection (2.5Gbps differential serial link). ExpressCard is the new expansion standard in the latest laptops, such as the MacBook Pro. The UAD-Xpander has identical DSP power as the best-selling UAD-1 & UAD-1e PCI/PCIe… Continue

Added by Dan Lewis on October 9, 2009 at 3:37am — No Comments

PCIe SmartLink revolutionizes connectivity

The PCIe SmartLink is Magma’s solution to ultimately replacing the 10Gigabit Ethernet network with PCI Express technology and be the network fabric of the Enterprise Server architecture.

Many advantages to such an approach with PCIe SmartLink

There are overwhelming advantages to such an approach. The PCIe SmartLink allows for communication between two separate and independent system memory resources by two Root Complex Processors at wire speeds. This approach is highly… Continue

Added by Magma on October 8, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Adnaco-S2: PCI/PCIe Expansion System versus Magma 2slot PCI and PCIE system

Analysis:

If i can buy a 2 PCI and 2 PCIe slots in one Expansion unit for $997.00, i'll go with the Adnaco-S2 PCI/PCIe Expansion System . Cost wise, this is very good as compared to buying a separate system for PCI and PCie 2 slots from Magma, total cost of $3898

The Adnaco-S2 PCI/PCIe Expansion System allows system integrators to operate 2 PCI and 2 PCIe add-in cards over fiber optic cable at distances up to 250 meters from the location of the computer system…

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Added by Dan Lewis on October 5, 2009 at 10:30am — 5 Comments

One Stop Systems' Expansion Platform Adds PCI Express and PCI-X Slots to Existing Servers at up to 40Gb/s

http://www.compactpci-systems.com/news/New+Products/17568

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ESCONDIDO, Calif., May 27, 2009 - One Stop Systems (OSS), a leading provider of PCI Express (PCIe) modules and systems, announces the introduction of its 3U expansion platform, adding up to four PCIe and three PCI-X add-in boards to servers with limited slot counts. This new expansion platform… Continue

Added by XpansionX on October 5, 2009 at 6:47am — No Comments

World Smallest PC Power Supply Unit

Power supplies (mini)

http://resources.mini-box.com/online/MBD-I-D201GLY/intel-d201gly-power-consumption.html

Ideal power for small form factor boards (mini-ITX, nano-ITX, etc). Small form factor computers (mini-ITX PCs, car PC, appliances) start with smallest, 100% silent fanless switching DC-DC ATX PC mini power… Continue

Added by XpansionX on October 4, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

I/O Expansion Solutions by Dolphin

I/O Expansion Solutions

http://www.dolphinics.com/solutions/io-expansions-solutions.html

As the industry continues to move to PCI Express as the ubiquitous IO interconnect standard, the need to support or add additional high performance PCI Express devices to servers and systems increases. Additionally, the highest level of system design flexibility requires the ability to… Continue

Added by XpansionX on October 4, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

PE6R4-I and Digidesign Protools Cards

If you’re looking to build the most powerful Pro Tools|HD® system or want to move your existing Pro Tools|HD for PCI system to a host computer with PCIe (PCI Express) slots, the Magma PE6R4 Expansion Chassis allows you to do both. This 4U rackmountable system offers six available PCI-X (PCI Extended) slots and comes with a PCIe host interface card, enabling you to expand the capabilities of a PCIe-based computer to accommodate a PCI-based Pro Tools|HD… Continue

Added by Magma on October 2, 2009 at 10:42am — No Comments

Nimbus system by Rain Recording Company

The Rain Recording company was started in 2003 to design and create computers for the digital audio market. Nimbus is designed for advanced audio and video content creation

Added by Dan Lewis on October 2, 2009 at 8:33am — No Comments

Sonnet Fusion™ RX1600Fibre Offers High-Performance

http://www.sonnettech.com/news/pr2009/pr091009_fusionrx1600fibre.html

IRVINE, CA—September 10, 2009—Sonnet Technologies announces the release of the Fusion™ RX1600Fibre, a high-performance, expandable 16-drive RAID shared Fibre Channel storage system optimized for video editing. Featuring a 4-port 8Gb Fibre Channel interface, the Fusion RX1600Fibre supports multi-stream, multi-user… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 29, 2009 at 11:35am — No Comments

Universal Audio UAD-Xpander Xpert (XPXPT)

Universal Audio UAD-Xpander Xpert (XPXPT)

The UAD-Xpander is the world's first ExpressCard audio digital signal processing expansion system for Mac OS X or Windows Vista laptops. The Xpert gives you an ultra-fast ExpressCard 34 connection (2.5Gbps differential serial link). Displaying the same DSP power as its best-selling siblings, the UAD-1 & UAD1e series of desktop products, you can mix sessions from 44.1khz to 192k and expand your powered plug-in library without slowing down… Continue

Added by Dan Lewis on September 29, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Chassis Plans SA2U-12EHP Rugged NEBS-3 Qualified Rackmount Raid System

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/chassis-plans-sa2u12ehp-rugged-nebs3-qualified-rackmount-raid-system

San Diego, Calif – August 17, 2009 - Chassis Plans, The Original Industrial Computer Source®, a leader in providing rugged rackmount systems to the military and other challenging markets, today introduced the SA2U-12EHP Extreme High IOPS Rackmount… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 29, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

One Stop Systems introduces its 2U acceleration platform

http://forums.legitreviews.com/about22644.html

ESCONDIDO, Calif., August 3, 2009 - One Stop Systems (OSS), a pioneer in PCI Express-over-cable (Direct Attached) adapters and expansion products, introduces its 2U acceleration platform, supporting up to eight PCIe x16 Gen 2 I/O cards. The three versions of acceleration platforms include either one or two PCIe x16 Gen 2 interfaces, allowing more than one host… Continue

Added by Dan Lewis on September 28, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Adlinktech PCI and PCIE expansion solutions

http://www.adlinktech.com/

PCI-to-VME Expansion

VME is a 32-bit bus developed in the early 80's. It has been widely used in the fields of instrumentation and military applications. The PCI-to-VME Expansion solution allows users to control thousands of VME products using a relatively powerful desktop computer in place of an expensive VME controller.

PCI-to-PCI Expansion

PCI-to-PCI Expansion is a good solution to provide additional PCI™ slots to a desktop or… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 28, 2009 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Magma Releases EB7-x8

Magma Releases EB7-x8, Designed to Offer Application-Specific Configurability with its Modular and Scalable Architecture

6 months 1 week ago

http://www.industrial-embedded.com/news/Industry+News/16204

San Diego, Calif. – March 18, 2009 – Magma, the leading provider of custom-built PCI and PCI Express expansion and connectivity solutions, today announced the launch of its EB7-x8 7-slot… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 27, 2009 at 11:42pm — No Comments

One Stop Systems' Expansion Platform Adds PCI Express and PCI-X Slots to Existing Servers

One Stop Systems' Expansion Platform Adds PCI Express and PCI-X Slots to Existing Servers at up to 40Gb/s

4 months 2 days ago

http://www.compactpci-systems.com/news/New+Products/17568

ESCONDIDO, Calif., May 27, 2009 - One Stop Systems (OSS), a leading provider of PCI Express (PCIe) modules and systems, announces the introduction of its 3U expansion platform, adding up to four PCIe… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 27, 2009 at 11:35pm — No Comments

PCIE Gen2 vs PCIE Gen1

gen 2 has twice the bandwidth of gen 1, and therefore an 8x gen 2 PCI-E slot has the same bandwidth as a 16x gen 1 PCI-E slot.

In PCIe 1.x , each lane carries 250 MB/s. PCIe 2.0, released in late 2007, adds a Gen2-signalling mode, doubling the rate to 500 MB/s. PCIe 3.0, currently in development (for release around 2010), will add a Gen3-signalling mode, at 1 GB/s.

As a point of reference, a single-lane PCIe 1.x slot has nearly twice as much bandwidth as the most common… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 24, 2009 at 9:14pm — No Comments

PCI Express: An Overview

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ComputingSolutions/0,,30_288_13265_13295%5E13334,00.html

Bus Delays

PCI-caused bottlenecks result from its shared bus topology.

The typical PCI bus has a maximum theoretical bandwidth of 133Mbps and is split between all devices using the bus. In an era of Gigabit Ethernet and RAID controllers, 133Mbps will act… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 24, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Using ExpressCard with MacBook Pro platforms

Using an expresscard will not be working with the 15” MacBook Pro (5,2) platforms because they don't have an expresscard slot. The future 17” MacBook Pro has the expresscard slot.

ExpressCard supports two form factors, ExpressCard/34 (34 mm wide) and ExpressCard/54 (54 mm wide, in an L-shape) — the connector is the same on both (width 34 mm). Standard cards are 75 mm long (10.6 mm shorter than CardBus) and 5 mm thick, but may be thicker on sections that extend outside the… Continue

Added by XpansionX on September 24, 2009 at 8:15pm — No Comments

64bit kernel (10.6.- Snow Leopard)

Using Magma Expansion EB7 ( www.magma.com)
Operating System: Mac Os 10.6

Problem:
Under 64bit kernel (10.6.- Snow Leopard), it won't detect the Magma / Protools.
If you want to boot to 64bit Kernel you have to press 64 key on boot, but it won't detect the Magma chassis as well as the Protools Cards.

If you boot to 32bit ( by default), everything works fine

Analysis: Most probably the expansion chassis is detected but not the Protools hardware.

Added by XpansionX on September 24, 2009 at 7:54pm — No Comments