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The Coming of Serial ATA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the faster-is-better dept.

GrendelT writes "Tom's Hardware has a review of the newest Serial ATA gadgets that are soon to hit the market. With speeds of 150Mb/s, thinner and longer cables, backwards compatibilty with Parallel ATA (what most of us have right now), and the option of being hot-pluggable, it seems the next step in storage technology is upon us."

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  1. W00T! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just in time for Doom 3!

  2. Great! by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we just need harddisks that can sustain a 150Mb/s data-transfer rate.

  3. Darnit.... by TheKubrix · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I gotta rewrite the app for espressos machine :\

  4. next up.... by citroidSD · · Score: 3, Funny

    serial cable to replace USB. oh wait...

  5. The coming of serial ATA... by rbgaynor · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...to be followed almost immediately by the posting of 50+ case mod articles on slashdot.

    --
    "Good things don't end with eum, they end with mania or teria." - H. Simpson
  6. Article seems fluffy by linuxhack · · Score: 5, Funny
    Parallel data transfer (sending data along a number of parallel routes) has always meant a large number of wires and high frequency signals prone to electrical interference.
    Huh? I thought serial connections used higher frequencies to make up for the fewer data channels.
    In short: connecting more than one device to a ribbon cable is a job we wouldn't wish upon our worst enemy.
    Err, yeah... I managed to get my Athlon XP installed and attached the heat-sink without crushing the core, but man was I unprepared for the hell that involved plugging in those IDE cables!
    Serial ATA Controller: PCI Only
    Damnit! Those basdards are always forcing us to upgrade! Change one part and you need a whole new motherboard! I have all these extra ISA alots and I can't use them? OK, so now I'm just being silly...
  7. Wow by Gavitron_zero · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look at those benchmarks. If they can match a Parallel ATA drive with only 8 wires, imagine what they could do if they used as many as the parallel ATA drive.