Serial ATA 6Gb/s !

Firms AMD and Seagate clearly want to grat noses the Intel and different manufacturers discs. The representatives of both firms presented the disc on special press conference Series ATA 6 Gb / s connected to the computer with the peaceable inspector. The theoretical maximum capacity of the new interface is s for every channel.

The new interface is entirely compatible with his predecessors (Series ATA 1,5 and 3 Gb / s). Can connects the disc SATA to computers with older inspectors 6 Gb / s, and inversely, disc SATA 1,5 or 3 Gb / s can connects 6 Gb without problems to the computer with the inspector SATA / s.

One what AMD and Seagate do not disclose this the type of the disc which became used during the of the introduction. Now it is not known, if the hard disc was this, if SSD. According to expectation the disc Series ATA 3 Gb / s (Barracuda 7200.12) in the tests of the efficiency of the interface got the result about the half weaker than his mysterious colleague, with the interface SATA 6 Gb / s.






Firm AMD the arrangements of logic with the interface Series ATA 6 Gb / s on the market wants to introduce in second the half of the year. Seagate with discs has to be ready in fourth quarter.
source :pclab.p