Thunderbolt retrofit for Intel Mac Pro available?

Is there gonna be a retrofit for older Mac Pro (2009) to use Thunderbolt?

A quick search brought up AMD's statement from a year ago, so ancient history but "AMD Does Not Believe in Intel Thunderbolt" might mean they didn't think worth investing in R&D and engineering such a card in 2011.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20110228163206_AMD_Does_Not_Believe_i n_Intel_s_Thunderbolt.html
ADC is deal. Long live ADC, remember that?
AMD is apparently not impressed with Intel's Thunderbolt.
An unnamed AMD representative reportedly said that Intel's new Thunderbolt tech will become another proprietary standard that may not be widely adopted. The obvious reason is the current overall lack of devices that can take advantage of the extreme throughput.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Thunderbolt-PCI-Express-DisplayPort-10-Gb-s-Propri etary-Standard,news-35083.html

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