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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. 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...
  2. 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.