Sonnet, specialist accessories, Thunderbolt offers products that might interest the general public. Recall that Thunderbolt is the official name of Lightpeak technology from Intel and it is ultimately not of the optical fiber is used, but the conventional copper cable. Thunderbolt is in fact proposing to carry a signal and a signal DisplayPort PCI-Express (4 lines) in the same cable.
For now, only Apple uses the standard, but other manufacturers should follow, like Sony. Sonnet products are four in number. The first two are fairly straightforward: they are external boxes that accept PCI-Express. Both offer PCI-Express 16x (physically) wired 4x - Thunderbolt limit - but there are some differences remain.
The classical model accepts cards "half size" and a diet that provides 75 W. The XL cards are accepted "full size" and has a power of 150 W: 75 W via the PCI-Express and 75 W via a PCI-Express 6-pin. The boxes can be chained via a second connector mounted on the housing. Attention, even if the boxes accept graphics cards, there are limitations: with 150 W and only PCI-Express 4x, it will be limited to mid-range models.
Two other products are interesting: one FireWire 800 (bus-powered Thunderbolt) and an Ethernet adapter (1 Gigabit / s). In both cases, the MacBook Pro (Thunderbolt only machines now) are already equipped, but for those who have special needs, it's interesting. Too bad Sonnet does not offer USB adapters or adapters 3.0 eSATA ... 
For now, only Apple uses the standard, but other manufacturers should follow, like Sony. Sonnet products are four in number. The first two are fairly straightforward: they are external boxes that accept PCI-Express. Both offer PCI-Express 16x (physically) wired 4x - Thunderbolt limit - but there are some differences remain.
The classical model accepts cards "half size" and a diet that provides 75 W. The XL cards are accepted "full size" and has a power of 150 W: 75 W via the PCI-Express and 75 W via a PCI-Express 6-pin. The boxes can be chained via a second connector mounted on the housing. Attention, even if the boxes accept graphics cards, there are limitations: with 150 W and only PCI-Express 4x, it will be limited to mid-range models.
Two other products are interesting: one FireWire 800 (bus-powered Thunderbolt) and an Ethernet adapter (1 Gigabit / s). In both cases, the MacBook Pro (Thunderbolt only machines now) are already equipped, but for those who have special needs, it's interesting. Too bad Sonnet does not offer USB adapters or adapters 3.0 eSATA ...
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