Mobility Electronics Introduces Magma PCI Expansion Products

Mobility Electronics announced today the availability of a new series of PCI Express to PCI Expansion Chassis. The new Magma PCI expansion products provide an easy solution for adding PCI cards to PCI Express based computers through any PCI Express slot.

"The introduction of PCI Express to PCI Expansion Chassis furthers our goal of providing solutions for users who have a heavy investment in PCI hardware. Our new solution provides a bridge from PCI Express based computers to legacy PCI hardware." said Charlie Mollo, CEO of Mobility Electronics.

The new Magma PCI Express to PCI Expansion Chassis offers a simple expansion solution that allows users to upgrade to the newest PCI Express computers without losing their investment in PCI hardware. Just about any type of PCI card can be used in the Magma expansion chassis ranging from audio processing, video capture, graphics, test & measurement, data-acquisition, SCSI, FibreChannel, SATA and more.

Product benefits include:

• Provides a bridge from PCI Express based computers to legacy PCI hardware
• Protects investment in PCI hardware while providing a migration path to new computers with PCI Express slots
• Ideal migration path to PCI Express computers and servers, while maintaining a consistent PCI hardware configuration
• x1 PCI Express connection is compatible with any single PCI Express slot, even low-profile slots
• Plug and Play installation. Expansion system is automatically configured by the system BIOS
• PCI backplane supports 5 volt only, universal, and 3.3 volt PCI and PCI-X cards
• Designed to match the through-put of the majority of cards on the market today
• Multiple expansion systems can be used with a single computer
• 4U and 2U rack-mount enclosures
• Easy and affordable upgrades for customers who already own Magma expansion chassis
• Compatible with the most popular platforms: Windows, MacOS and Linux