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SERIAL ATA: Overview
Serial ATA is the next -generation internal storage interconnect, designed to replace parallel ATA technology. Serial ATA is the proactive evolution of the ATA interface from a parallel bus to a serial bus architecture. This architecture overcomes the electrical constraints that are increasing the difficulty of continued speed enhancements for the classic parallel ATA bus. SATA provides greater scalability, simpler installation, thinner cabling, and faster performance (up to 1.5 Gb/s). SATA is planned to increase I/O speeds up to 6 Gbps in coming years, making it robust enough for higher-end enterprise servers.
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SERIAL ATA: News

AIC and LSI Logic Provide First Fully Enabled SATA II 3Gbps Chassis Solution with MegaRAID Adapter

Advanced Industrial Computer (AIC) announced today its chassis solutions now feature the LSI Logic Corporation MegaRAID SATA 300-8X. The MegaRAID adapter fully supports backplane compatibility with...  >>  

New Serial ATA Host Controller from Silicon Image Enables eSATA Connectivity for PC and CE Applications

Silicon Image, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMG), a leader in the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, today announced the SiI 3531™ Serial ATA (SATA) host controller,...  >>  

Micron Introduces Next-Generation RealSSD Solid State Drives For Enterprise Server And Notebook Applications

Micron introduced RealSSD solid state drives (SSDs) for enterprise computing and notebook applications. The new drives—the enterprise-class RealSSD P200 and the client-focused RealSSD...  >>  

PMC-Sierra Introduces Industry's First 6Gbit/s SAS/SATA Architecture for Enterprise-Class Storage Systems

PMC-Sierra, Inc. today announced the latest addition to its Tachyon(R) Controller family, the PM8000 Tachyon SPC 8x6G, enabling the first generation of SAS 2.0 enterprise-class tiered storage...  >>  

Oxford Semiconductor Unveils New Consumer Network-Attached and Direct-Attached Storage Solution-on-a-chip Platforms

Oxford Semiconductor, unveiled the latest additions to its family of storage platforms that enable reliable, robust storage systems for the connected digital lifestyle.  >>  

SERIAL ATA: Semiconductor Solutions

Serial ATA Family

Serial ATA technology offers extensive performance gains and manufacturing efficiencies to the mainstream PC storage user. The Marvell family of Serial ATA offerings provides storage OEMs with an... [from Marvell]  >>  

PCI Express to Serial ATA II Hardware RAID Controllers Featuring Red Hot RAID 6

AMCC's 3ware 9650SE SATA II hardware RAID controllers deliver industry-leading RAID 6 and RAID 5 performance, robust fault tolerance, and multi-terabyte capacities. A PCI Express host... [from AMCC]  >>  

The SATA Revolution

SATA-II is playing to bridge the gap between SATA and FC/SCSI applications, and Native Command Queuing, Enclosure Management, and Port Multiplier are the name of the game. LSI Logic’s... [from LSI Logic]  >>  

Fibre Channel, SAS and SATA ICs

PMC-Sierra's wide range of market-proven Fibre Channel, SAS and SATA storage devices deliver storage market chip needs today - cost effective, intelligent and innovative solutions. PMC-Sierra... [from PMC-Sierra]  >>  

SAS-SATA Core Product Brief

LSI Logic SAS-SATA core will provide users the ability to handle the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and the native Serial ATA (SATA) protocols and control the data transfers between an application... [from LSI Logic]  >>  

SERIAL ATA: Application Resources

Serial ATA Storage Architecture & Applications

Today, hard disk drives for desktop PCs, laptops, servers, and storage appliances use either Parallel ATA or SCSI interconnect technology. Serial ATA is the new storage interconnect standard for...  >>  

External Serial ATA

The need to add more storage capacity continues to explode, and a convenient solution has become more critical than ever before.  >>  

SAS: The Path to Maximum SATA Scalability

The arrival of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) marks a new era in storage scalability, wherein both the type and quantity of drives can easily be optimized.   >>  

SERIAL ATA: Related Articles

Eight-Port SATA II RAID Storage Adapter

MegaRAID® SATA (Serial ATA) 300-8X delivers the speed and bandwidth required by today’s data intensive storage applications. With a high-bandwidth PCI-X interface, 128MB DDR SDRAM, and...  >>  

SATA Multiplexers

Based on the patent-pending AAMUX technology with an installed base of over 1.5 million SATA ports, the latest LSISS1320 active-active multiplexer device delivers a comprehensive suite of...  >>  

Intel 31244 PCI-X to Serial ATA Controller

The Intel® 31244 PCI-X to Serial ATA Controller is a fully integrated state-of-the-art SATA host controller that enables storage equipment manufacturers to deliver SATA-based storage...  >>  

SATA controller runs multiple hard drives

The Addonics 5X1 eSATA Port Multiplier (PM) enables SATA hard drives to be configured for a wide range of storage applications. Build to fit perfectly into the Addonics Storage Tower and many...  >>  

SiI4723 - 2 Drive SATA300

SATA to 2-Port 3Gb/s SATA SteelVine Storage Processor Building on the proven SteelVine™ Storage Architecture , the SiI4723 provides a new level of affordable storage. The SiI4723 provides...  >>  

Network Storage Processor Supports Multiple Serial ATA Hard Disk Interfaces

Infrant’s Network Storage Processor, supporting multiple Serial ATA hard disk interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet, and Hardware RAID 0/1/5 redundancy, addresses the emerging network storage...  >>  

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