LINKquote: The Serial ATA architecture replaces the wide Parallel ATA ribbon cable with a thin, flexible cable that can be up to 1 meter in length. The serial cable is smaller and easier to route ...

Two years after the debut of Serial ATA, this technology has continued to excite as well as frustrate vendors adopting it. Here's one vendor's view and expectations for this technology's next ...

Serial ATA will finally wind its way into PC cases later this year, replacing conventional hard drive ribbon cables.

The serial cable is small and thin and can extend to one meter in length, making installation and cable routing in a big system case a doddle. The low pin-count makes for small connectors, so you ...

Serial ATA cable is roughly 3 feet long, while parallel ATA offers an 18-inch long cable. Moreover, serial ATA has a 7-pin conductor cable, as opposed to the 80-pin cable in parallel.

The kit is available with a wide variety of Macs, when equipped with a Serial ATA controller card. More details are available online. Available now, the Tempo Serial ATA Cable Kit costs US$29.95.

3ware's Escalade 8500 series of Serial ATA RAID controllers uses a switched architecture under which each hard drive is connected to its own cable, said Barbara Murphy, director of product marketing.

As ATA approached its technological limits, market leaders such as APT Technologies, Dell, IBM, Intel, Maxtor, and Seagate have joined forces to create SATA, a serial interface offering ...

A small form factor and low profile qualify the new Serial ATA cable assemblies for limited-space applications. The assemblies come in both straight and right-angle cable exit ...

Agere Systems Inc. today laid claim to the world’s first serial advanced technology attachment (ATA) SOC for hard disk drives (HDDs). The company claims its serial ATA device is the only single-chip ...

Touted for its extreme flexibility, a new cable has been developed for Serial ATA drives and is designed to replace cables used with Ultra ATA 66 and 100 disk drive systems. The ...