Serial ATA for Mini Hard Drives Planned

Lord_Slepnir writes "Cnet is reporting on a consortium of companies that wish to develop a Serial ATA hard drive interface for Miniature hard drives called CE-ATA. The goal of these new drives would be to cut power consumption and use smaller connectors, not to provide an increase in speed. 'The purpose is to design a new interface tailored to the consumer electronics and handheld gadget segment,' said Intel's principal engineer for CE-ATA, Knut Grimsrud. The consortium consists of Intel, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Marvell Semiconductor, Seagate Technology, and Toshiba America Information Systems."

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Did anybody clear this with...

[davidsyes]

hiz billness?

Or, is his cabal/cadge on the specs board, lying in wait to pounce anyone who defeats shorthorn's ahem, "new-fangled" "security features"?

What good would this technology be if in the future it is constrained to the INSIDE of computers? If external devices will be supported by an on-case connector, then doesn't that defang shorthorn?

Boy, bill and the cadge have to be hot and bothered every time new technology increasingly is less dependent on redmond for approval (especially the disruptive Tux and family and friends...).

seyS divaD