SATA FAQ
What is SATA?
What’s so great about SATA?
How pervasive is SATA?
What kinds of devices use SATA?
What connector options are available?
What is eSATA?
What is USM?
What is microSSD?
What is SATA Express?
Where can I get information on specific SATA products?
Where can I find the latest SATA specification?
What is SATA?
SATA is the de facto standard for internal PC storage. A serial interface that can operate at speeds up to 6Gb/s, SATA is scalable and enables easy integration, high performance, and efficient system design. SATA is the evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA storage interface.
What’s so great about SATA?
SATA is a cost-effective, high-performance storage solution that offers implementers a number of benefits, including:
• High performance (Up to 6Gb/s transfer rate & Low latency with Native Command Queuing)
• Extensive power management features
• Hot pluggable
• Backward compatibility with previous generation speeds
• Interoperability with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
• Connectors for many device form factors
How pervasive is SATA?
Since its introduction in 2001, SATA technology has penetrated 99% of the PC market and evolved to provide options for a number of applications beyond traditional hard disk storage. SATA is now implemented in a variety of applications including solid state and optical drives, embedded mobile devices, consumer electronics products and enterprise storage.
What kinds of devices use SATA?
Beyond hard disks (HDD), SATA is used in CDs, DVDs, tape devices, high capacity removable devices, SSDs and Blu-ray Drives.
What connector options are available for SATA devices?
The SATA specification defines connectors for a variety of devices and host environments, from highly cost sensitive desktop PCs, to mobile applications and ultra-low profile solutions.
What is eSATA?
External SATA (eSATA) is an external version of SATA that uses more robust connectors and supports a cable length of up to two (2) meters, compared to a one-meter cable for internal SATA.
What is USM?
The SATA Universal Storage Module (USM) specification defines a portable SATA storage device for consumer and computing applications.
What is microSSD?
microSSD is a complete SATA SSD in a BGA package.
What is SATA Express?
SATA Express utilizes the PCIe interface to enable a faster interface speed than 6Gb/s SATA. SATA support on the same connector provides compatibility with existing SATA devices.
Where can I get information on specific SATA products?
For more information about SATA products, see the SATA-IO Integrators List a reference tool that includes information about the components that have passed SATA-IO Interoperability Testing. The SATA Product Listing is another database featuring SATA products available in the marketplace.
Where can I find the latest SATA specification?
SATA-IO members can download the specification by logging into the Members Area of the SATA-IO website.
Non-members may purchase the specification here.
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