This is a specification that for consumer hard drive connections that boosts the data transfer rate up to 1.5Gbps, about three times the speed of UDMA/66. In addition, it changes IDE/ATA from a parallel interface requiring 40 separate wires to connect components, to a serial interface requiring only six wires. 2x and 4x versions of Serial ATA double and triple the speed of Serial ATA.
a high performance interface for IDE storage devices, and is the evolutionary replacement for the longstanding ATA physical storage interface
an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface
an evolution of the Parallel ATA storage interface
a new HDD interface standard which will eventually replace the current parallel ATA interface
a new type of hard drive interface, which allows consumers to have speeds rivalling that of SCSI (see SCSI for explanation) but at a cheaper cost
a new way of connecting your storage devices
an interconnect technology for use with hard disk drives, redundant array of independent disk (RAID) systems and storage network applications
a storage interface specification for the next-generation computing platform
A new, low-cost standard for connecting storage devices into computer systems. Serial ATA is based on serial signaling technology, unlike the current Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) interface that uses parallel signaling. Serial ATA offers thinner, longer, and more flexible cables.
Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA) is a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. As its name implies, SATA is based on serial signaling technology, unlike current IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard drives that use parallel signaling.
The successor to parallel ATA for data storage; a point-to-point connection that delivers full throughput to each storage device by allowing a single controller to manage multiple ports. Serial ATA technology starts at transfer rates of 1.5Gb/s with a roadmap up to 3.0Gb/s and ultimately up to 6.0Gb/s; enables affordable disk-based storage with thinner cabling than Parallel ATA.
A point-to-point connection that delivers full throughput to each storage device by allowing a single controller to manage multiple ports. Serial ATA I transfers data at a rate of 1.5Gb/s, SATA II at a rate of 3.0Gb/s.
The new serial interconnect for the ATA command protocol.
