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Serial ATA 1.0 Draft Released

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-closer dept.

Several readers submitted the news from CNET's story regarding the Serial ATA 1.0 Draft Released. Looks like the replacement for IDE is getting closer - a peak transfer rate of 150 MBs per second is nice to have under the hood.

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  1. Oh, for fucks sake ... WAKE UP!! by Vryl · · Score: 5
    Silly editors, you missed the real story. In "The Register", here.

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    Hastening a rapid demise for the free copying of digital media, the next generation of hard disks is likely to come with copyright protection countermeasures built in.

    Technical committees of NCTIS, the ANSI-blessed standards body, have been discussing the incorporation of content protection currently used for removable media into industry-standard ATA drives, using proprietary technology originating from the 4C Entity. They're the people who brought you CSS2: IBM, Toshiba Intel and Matsushita.