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Faulty Marvell Chips Delay SATA 6G Launch

Posted by kdawson on from the speed-comes-to-him-who-waits dept.

Vigile writes "The SATA 6G standard offers more than simply a faster 6.0 Gb/s data throughput speed, to wit: improved NCQ support, better power management, and a new connector to support 1.8-inch drives. While modern-day, spindle-based hard drives struggle to keep up with SATA 3G speeds, modern SSDs are nearly saturating the existing standard, and a move to SATA 6G was welcome in the hardware community. It looks like that technology will be delayed, though. The only chip supporting the standard today, the Marvell 88SE9123, is having major issues. Motherboard vendors including ASUS and Gigabyte, which had planned on releasing SATA 6G technology using the chip on Intel Lynnfield platform motherboards later this summer, are having to remove the Marvell 88SE9123 and redesign their boards at the last minute due to significant speed and reliability issues."

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  1. Maybe they should stick... by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Faulty Marvell Chips...

    Maybe they should stick to comic books.

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  2. Don't Delay, Just Rename by neonprimetime · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> The only information we have gotten from anyone revolves around some hardware AND software issues that are preventing the SATA 6G speeds from actually reaching 6.0 Gb/s

    Instead of delaying the launch, they could just rename the chip. SATA 5.5G for example.

  3. Faulty Marvell Chips?? by CyberSlammer · · Score: 0, Funny

    Does the Justice League know about this????

  4. Faulty Marvell Chips, eh? by gambit3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if The Green Gobllin had anything to do with it...

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    1. Re:Faulty Marvell Chips, eh? by Mendoksou · · Score: 3, Funny

      Joke detection fail.

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    2. Re:Faulty Marvell Chips, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Whooooosh!

  5. Re:Interface speed only by MartinSchou · · Score: 5, Funny

    *cough*Regular mints are better if it's just a cough. No point in taking allergy medicine if you aren't allergic.