NitroAV Fusion Pro 5-Port PCIe (x4) eSATA/1394b HBA ($130)

FirewireDirect.com (Verge Labs, Inc.), developer and supplier of 1394b, eSATA (Serial-ATA), SAS and Fibre storage and connectivity, announces the new NitroAV Fusion Pro. It’s touted as the most flexible PCI Express card on the market for high performance 1394b (FireWire 800) and 3Gbps eSATA devices.

This NitroAV host bus adapter is a professional grade eSATA/1394b (FireWire 800) Combo PCI Express x4 (4 lane), designed for Mac Pro and Windows users for virtually any device. It utilizes high performance, native PCIe chips from Silicon Image and Texas Instruments. The Fusion Pro offers 2 external 1394b ports and 1 internal 1394b port, coupled with 2 external 3Gbps eSATA channels. In addition, it offers an optional power connector for direct connection to the system power supply, for supplemental 1394b device power.

The Fusion Pro eSATA ports are based on SiI 3132 and support with FIS port multipliers, and the 1394b channel sports the Texas Instruments XIO2213, and is designed to support a full range of users, professional content creation applications, digital video, digital audio, photography, and imaging and design systems.

The Fusion Pro is available now at $129.95.